lucknow to voice the concerns of sportspersons samajwadi party will organise khiladi ghera a sitin to highlight government apathy towards sports and sportspersons the statewide protest being organised at district headquarters will coincide with the national sports day observed on the birth anniversary of major dhyan chand on august 29bjp has not only deprived the sportsmen of the amenities that they were enjoying under the sp government but the absence of a sports policy as a result of which there is no process in place to tap sports talent at a young age and nurture it to become state and national level players akhilesh saidthe main protest will be held at major dhyan chand stadium in jhansi and wil be led by the incharge of sps sportsperson wing hasanuddin siddiqui various state and national level sportspersons and veterans will join the protest to draw the attention of the governmentat the khiladi ghera sportspersons from across up will voice their demands at the district level and highlight the apathy of the government towards sports and sportspersons the basic flaw in the governments approach towards sports is that it doesnt treat all sportsmen equally the government has set different remuneration for players and coaches of different sports more popular sports get comparatively more financial assistance and the not so popular ones have been neglected to push sports the approach should be equal attention and financial push to every sport the sp chief saidhe said discrimination was also rampant on the basis of gender the basic problem is that the focus is more on publicity of the politicians associated with the department than the needs of the sportspersons and the sport itself