The Union Sports Ministry has written a letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) asking it to lodge a protest against the Dow Chemicals sponsorship of the London Olympics with the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
Dow Chemicals, the owner of the Union Carbide, whose plant was responsible for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy, had signed a sponsorship deal with IOC in July 2010 to support the Olympic Movement worldwide till 2020.
