new delhi sports minister jitendra singh blamed the indian olympic association for indias suspension by the international olympic committee a development which puts a bar on the countrys olympic participation the indian olympic association is to blame for the current crisis we told the ioa many times to amend its constitution and be compliant with the international rules he said jitendra said that there was no conflict between the governments sports code and the olympic charter and the unfortunate incident could have been avoided had the ioa amended its constitution the decision to suspend india was an unfortunate one but it could have been avoided had the ioa amended its constitution it is absolutely false to say that sports code was the reason behind indias suspension there is no conflict between the sports code and olympic charter he told a news channel if the ioa had amended its constitution this situation would not have arisen he added he said it was unfortunate how politicians at the helm of the ioa have handled the affairs of the body government has very little to do with either the ioa or the ioc but we will write to ioc and try and get the suspension reversed said jitendra