New Delhi: Olympic gold medallist Neeraj Chopra on Thursday said he was pained by the controversy surrounding his comments on Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem using his javelin during the Tokyo games and called the entire furore “propaganda aimed at pushing a dirty agenda”.The 23-year-old, who won India’s maiden Olympic medal in athletics, asked people not to use his name to rake up any controversy or further ‘vested interests and propaganda’.“I would request everyone to please not use me and my comments as a medium to further your vested interest and propaganda,” Chopra, who became only the second Indian to win an individual Olympic gold medal, said on his Twitter handle.I would request everyone to please not use me and my comments as a medium to further your vested interests and propaganda.Sports teaches us to be together and united. I’m extremely disappointed to see some of the reactions from the public on my recent comments.— Neeraj Chopra (@Neeraj_chopra1) August 26, 2021“Sports teaches us to be together and united. I’m extremely disappointed to see some of the reactions from the public to my recent comments.“There was nothing wrong with Arshad Nadeem using my javelin to prepare, it is within rules and please do not use my name to push a dirty agenda,” he added.Chopra, in a recent interview with the Times of India, stated that he was searching for his personal javelin before his first throw during the Olympic final on August 7 and found Nadeem holding it.“Then I told him, ‘Bhai give this javelin to me, it is my javelin! I have to throw with it’. He gave it back to me. That’s why you must have seen I took my first throw hurriedly,” Chopra said.Some in India questioned Nadeem’s intentions, claiming the Pakistani athlete was trying to “tamper” with Chopra’s javelin.However, the rules say that any javelin submitted to the officials by a competitor for his use can also be used by any other participant. This rule applies in all field events except for pole vault.Chopra, who had used the Valhalla version of the Nordic brand during the final, made it clear that Nadeem, who had finished fifth, had not done anything wrong.“A controversy has been created about my comments of taking the javelin from Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem before my first throw in the final (on August 7),” Chopra said in a video clip posted along with his tweet.“It’s is a very simple issue, we keep our personal javelin (inside a holding rack) but it can be used by anybody. It is the rule and there is nothing wrong with that. He (Nadeem) had the javelin and was preparing for his throw. I asked him to give it to me for my throw.”“I am very sad that a big controversy has been created using my name. Us javelin throwers share a good bond and speak to each other nicely.”A former coach echoed Chopra’s view.“There is no controversy. It is not that you brought your personal javelin and nobody can use it. When you submitted it, others can also use it. Any participant can use any javelin which is there (in the holding rack),” he told news agency PTI.