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Jwala Gutta shares her #MeToo story, says she was mentally harassed 

In a series of tweets, Gutta spoke against the selection bias in the national team against her despite her consistent performances

Former Badminton player Jwala Gutta on Tuesday joins on #MeToo campaign,said she was ‘mentally harassed’.

In a series of tweets, Gutta spoke against the selection bias in the national team against her despite her consistent performances. She also suggested that it was one of the reasons she retired early from the sport.

“Maybe I should talk about the mental harassment I had to go through…#metoo,” she said. “Since 2006, since this person became the chief, he threw me out of national team inspite of me being a national champion. The latest was when I returned from Rio. I was out of national team again. One of the reasons I stopped playing!”

“Since 2006…till 2016…have been thrown out of the team again and again and again..inspite of my performances…2009 I was back in the team when I was world no.9.,” she said. “So when this person couldn’t get through to me…he threatened my partners, harassed them, made sure to isolate me in every manner. Even after Rio, the one who I was gonna play mixed with was threatened. And I was just thrown out of the team.”

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