<p>Jaipur: It is sad that sports has been politicised, said Rajasthan Sports Minister Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Monday on Vinesh Phogat joining the Congress party.</p><p>However, there is democracy within politics and every person has rights, he added.</p><p>"It is sad that sports has been politicised. We have democracy within politics. Every person has rightsm," Rathore said while talking to reporters.</p><p>"Wrestling is a sport in the Olympics in which many of our players used to reach. This time I feel that more medals could have come if such an atmosphere had not started earlier," he said, in apparent reference to the protests by the wrestlers.</p>.Those happy that I didn't win at Paris Olympics should be tried for sedition: Vinesh Phogat.<p>Leader of Opposition in Assembly Tikaram Jully hit out at Rathore for his comments.</p><p>"When Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore joined the BJP, we did not raise any question. A player is also a citizen of this country and he is independent," he said.</p><p>"Now Vinesh Phogat joins Congress, then I think he should not have any problem. He should welcome that thing too," the Congress leader said. </p>
<p>Jaipur: It is sad that sports has been politicised, said Rajasthan Sports Minister Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Monday on Vinesh Phogat joining the Congress party.</p><p>However, there is democracy within politics and every person has rights, he added.</p><p>"It is sad that sports has been politicised. We have democracy within politics. Every person has rightsm," Rathore said while talking to reporters.</p><p>"Wrestling is a sport in the Olympics in which many of our players used to reach. This time I feel that more medals could have come if such an atmosphere had not started earlier," he said, in apparent reference to the protests by the wrestlers.</p>.Those happy that I didn't win at Paris Olympics should be tried for sedition: Vinesh Phogat.<p>Leader of Opposition in Assembly Tikaram Jully hit out at Rathore for his comments.</p><p>"When Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore joined the BJP, we did not raise any question. A player is also a citizen of this country and he is independent," he said.</p><p>"Now Vinesh Phogat joins Congress, then I think he should not have any problem. He should welcome that thing too," the Congress leader said. </p>