Heads will roll if I hear that sportspersons are having issues getting their incentives, says Rathore

Olympic silver medalist and current Sports Minister of the country, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has developed a reputation for being a stringent leader, unbiased and unapologetic in nature. He has made some major strides in the field of sports, with a lot of backing from Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well. The Khelo India movement was a brilliant example of the minister’s focus on the development of talent at the grassroots level.

"But before you (athlete) make any accusation, please be very sure that there was an error on our part and not on your part. There was this case that came to me, an athlete was complaining that he or she was not getting the incentive money. I was about to suspend one of my officers but later found out that the money was allotted to that athlete one year ago," Rathore told PTI.

"I am getting a very positive sense from Mr. Batra. He is already changing things within the IOA. The way IOA used to function that is not going to happen. Similarly, some of the NSF heads are brilliant and they are doing a very good job.

"We will work in close coordination with them (IOA and NSFs). But each NSF or their coaches need to justify with logic that every penny being spent is being used to its optimum. There is no dearth of resources in India and we are ready to open our finances for the use of the athletes but these spending will have to be justified," Rathore added.