new delhi the participation of indian archers at the upcoming world events will not be affected ensured federation president bvp rao amidst fears that india may not be allowed to send entries at the prestigious competitions due to questions over validity of the recent aai electionsthe sports ministry has filed an affidavit before the supreme court seeking fresh election of the officebearers of the archery association of india aai contending that the decemberelections were not held as per the 2011 national sports codebvp rao was elected president of the association in december last year but world archery federation waf the governing body of the game did not recognise the new bodyhowever the waf in a relief for the aai said it would not impose any ban on it and asked secretary general tom dielen to resolve the longstanding issueworld archery is conscious of the interest of archers and will not harm them archers in any way you should focus on practice and competitions rao was quoted as in a press release following a meeting with the archersthe world body had contended that the constitution which formed basis of the election was never formally approvedrao also said in the release said he is confident of resolving all the issues with the world archery ioa sports ministry and the apex courtrao also announced that the top 16 archers from each category will be put in an initial onemonth coaching camp which will begin from february 5he also said the senior nationals will be held in bhubaneswar from march 9 and will be followed by trials for four world cups and world championshipsthe indian team for the world championships to be held in june will be declared well in advance as this is the first and the biggest qualifier event for the olympic games 2020 rao said