new delhi more bad news followed indian archery two days after the supreme court rejected the outcome of the archery association of indias aai december 22 elections and called for interested candidates to seek fresh referendumto begin with indian compound archers competing in the stage 2 of the shanghai world cup beginning monday will travel without a coach courtesy a fresh faceoff between the sports ministry and the sports authority of india sai on one hand and the aai on the otheras a result of this administrative tussle coaches ved kumar kailash and titomas sharma wont be there to guide the compound team due to visa issues leaving the archers to fend for themselvesto add to the woes the organising committee oc of the medellin wc which was the stage 1 of the wc has now raised an invoice of 21000 to be settled against the hotel bills as part of the booking made for the 23member indian contingent a total of 10 rooms were booked at an upscale medellin hotel for the indian archers who didnt travel to the city owing to an airline issueas a result of the nonsettlement of bills the medellin oc has approached world archery wa to direct the indian authorities and aai to settle the mount at the earliest since the hotel rooms were booked well in advance failing which the indian archers participation in the future world cup stages and the upcoming world championships in the netherlands a tokyo olympic qualifying event could run into serious trouble toi has learnt that the wa may not accept the entries of indian archers for events pending the settlement of this amountsai has withdrawn all support to aai amidst the fresh call for elections and has instructed the federation to deposit around rs 28 lakh which was sanctioned for the medellin wc sai has even threatened to recover the money from the aai by charging a hefty interest on itaai has pleaded that since it spent rs four lakh from its own pocket on arranging for visas for the archers it should be allowed to retain the two payments and return the rest of the amounthowever sai wants the entire amount back immediately without considering the fact that the trip was cleared by the ministry at the eleventh hour and the visa fees were paid by aai months in advance a letter from the sais teams division head radhica sreeman in this regard to the aai is in possession of toiamidst all this bvp rao the president of aai who resigned after the sc order has decided to speak out against the harassment he has been subjected to at the hands of the ministry and sai