India Olympics boycott call over Dow Bhopal links

Thu, 24 November 2011

15:22

Moving on from Mr Pawar, on the bbc.co.uk:

An Indian chief minister has called for a boycott of the London 2012 Olympics if the sponsorship of the Dow Chemical company continues. Shivraj Singh Chauhan made the call in a letter to Sports Minister Ajay Maken. More

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