Thiruvananthapuram Mayor Arya Rajendran courted controversy after she announced plans to float separate sports teams for ‘general’ and Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) players.
She drew flak after she revealed the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation’s ambition to launch football, handball, basketball and athletics teams through a Facebook post on Sunday.
While such plans that made the civic body the first in the State to have dedicated sports teams would normally have attracted praises, Ms. Rajendran’s idea to form separate men’s and women’s general and SC/ST teams was met with opposition.
