Irked Chandna placates as Rajasthan Royals tender apology, locks opened

Jaipur: The controversy that started at the SMS stadium with tough stance of Sports Minister Ashok Chandna continued on Wednesday also as the IPL match started.

Chandna had reached the stadium on Wednesday morning for inspection. He accused Rajasthan Royals of illegal construction. On his order, the door in front of the stairs of the stand was locked before the start of the match. The dispute ended at around 6 pm after an apology was tendered to him on behalf of the RR and the locks were opened.

“RR has made an illegal VIP stand. Due to this, the employees are not able to go to their offices as well,” said Chandna who also encountered the bouncers deployed at the gates.

“To scare whom they they been deployed here. Get them out of here in 1 minute otherwise no one will be worse than me. The players stopped from going inside, which is wrong,” he said.