Abhinav threatens to quit, NRAI says don't blame us

New Delhi/Chandigarh, Jan 16 (PTI) Frustrated with the
national federation's "attitude", disillusioned Olympic hero
Abhinav Bindra has created a flutter by threatening to quit
shooting, throwing Indian sports into yet another controversy.

Abhinav said he was frustrated with the National Rifles
Association of India's attitude towards him but the NRAI
claimed they were being made a scapegoat in the entire episode
and they have never asked him to appear for trials.
"There are days when I feel like throwing away my rifle.
The whole thing started in July when the sports ministry
intimated me that the NRAI wants to me to compete in trials
for Commonwealth Championships, I came back in November only
to be told by the NRAI that the trials have been postponed to
January," said Abhinav, India's first individual Olympic gold
medallist.
"Now I get to know that my name is not there in the team
for the Commonwealth Championship in February. I am not upset
that somebody else is getting a chance, I am only upset about
the process. First they throw me out of the Commowealth Games
core group, then they deny me a contract with the sponsors and
now I am not there in the Commonwealth Championship team," he
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