Kyo joker banaya? Onler fumes over ‘disrespectful’ Mary Kom statue

Guwahati: “Is she my wife? Remove the red wax statue …” Onler Karong, London Olympics bronze medallist MC Mary Kom’s husband isn’t impressed with the statue carved out to honour his wife along with 18 other Olympians at the proposed Manipur Olympian Park at Sangauthel near the state capital.

“I was just raising a concern, I am not complaining. But this isn’t right, you can make joker faces in newspapers for satire but not in statues. Kyo joker banaya (Why did they make a joker out of her statue)? And I’m not saying that since she’s my wife, as a sports lover, I would have raised similar objections had it been done to other athletes too,” Onler told EastMojo over phone. 

“If the state government wants to pay respect to the state’s Olympic medallists, is that the kind of statue they are expected to make? Tell me from which angle that statue resembles Mary Kom? Even the kids have rejected the statue. My sons have refused to believe it’s their mother’s statue,” he added.