Shooting body chief unhappy with Sports Ministry for cutting down on IOAâs list of non-athletes for CWG
NRAI chief Raninder Singh took a dig at Sports Ministryâs move to drop 21 names from the IOAâs list of non-athletes as part of the CWG contingent. Among those dropped from the IOAâs list include PV Sindhuâs mother, Saina Nehwalâs father and shooter Heenaâs husband who is also her coach.
Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has decided to trim down 21 names from the list of non-athletes who were a part of the contingent for the Gold Coast bound Commonwealth Games. This has not gone down well with National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) chief Raninder Singh.Â
Taking a dig at IOAâs decision, the NRAI chief said that they have to fight more in India than at the CWG.Â
âThe NRAI is clearly willing to pay for our observer, who is an integral part of our team. Itâs almost as if we have to fight more here than there! .The issue shall be accreditation. I am willing to opt out as I think to have him,â Raninder wrote on his twitter handle.
Among those dropped from the Indian Olympic Associationâs list include PV Sindhuâs mother Vijaya Pusarla, Saina Nehwalâs father Harvir Singh and shooter Heenaâs husband Pandit, who is the High Performance Director of the Indian pistol and rifle team.
Raninder Singh has backed Heena Sindhu and given her assurance that her husband will be there with her. âHinna (Heena) please donât pay any attention to all this nonsense. Ronak will be there I assure you. Just put all this out of your mind and focus on your task. We will deal with this I assure you,â he replied to Heenaâs tweet.Â
Hinna please donât pay any attention to all this nonsense. Ronak will be there I assure you. Just put all this out of your mind and focus on your task. We will deal with this I assure you.
â Raninder Singh (@RaninderSingh) March 23, 2018
Raninder continued to extend his support to Heena and her husband Ronak Pandit and stated that Ronak (who is Heenaâs technical coach) canât be considered in the same category as parents.Â
âOne cant club Ronak in the same category as parents. The parent thing one can understand but why keep picking on this young man so often? There clearly seems to be a strange bias against the young man - wonder why?â he tweeted.Â
Meanwhile, Heena made it crystal clear that Ronak Pandit was her coach. âI just want 2 put it out for everyone that Ronak is my TECHNICAL COACH. Anybody who has spent even 5 mins on the range will know I have only one coach and thatâs Ronak. He is also team manager for shooting..â she said.Â