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Under-fire hockey supremo KPS Gill hit back at Sports Minister M S Gill for suggesting that younger administrators should head sports federations, saying younger people should first become Sports Minister.
In a scathing counter-attack, a defiant Gill said that there was no question of stepping down from his post in the wake of the bribe scandal and bluntly told the Sports Minister not to talk about accountability since he knew nothing about sports.
“Let younger people first become sports ministers before such suggestions are given. I don’t think age has anything to do with managing sports,” KPS Gill said.
“Let not sports ministers talk of accountability or responsibility. Most of them don’t know anything about sports and have never done anything for hockey. In the past five years, have you seen these ministers doing anything?” he told A TV channel.
“What have these government bodies done for us? Where have they ever provided us with the funds or the facilities? They call it the national game, and do nothing for it,” an angry Gill said.
The IHF President, who has been under pressure to resign with Members of Parliament, Sports Minister and several former players demanding his ouster, said other than Uma Bharti none of the sports ministers had done anything for the game.
