new delhi the syringe controversy which rocked the indian contingent ahead of the gold coast cwg has prompted the sports ministry to do some plain speaking with the indian olympic association ioa to avoid such blunders in the future the ministry has instructed the ioa to make sure that only officials with sound knowledge of the rules and regulations are part of the contingent during the conduct of multisport events including the stay at the athletes villagealso read indian boxing team doctor escapes with reprimandsports minister rajyavardhan singh rathore told toi on tuesday that the ministry was in the constant touch with ioa officials in gold coast to resolve the issue at the earliest and get the focus back on indias medal rush at the gamesthe ioa should take the right people along who are well versed with the rules governing the conduct of the games this controversy could have been avoided the ioa should ensure that the accompanying officials have the knowledge of rules while finalising the contingent in future reacted rathorealso read ioa clears saina nehwals fathers entry for cwg villageon tuesday dr amol patil who had accompanied the boxing contingent as team doctor was handed a strong written reprimand by the commonwealth games federations cgf court for breaching the no needle policy of the cwg its learnt that dr patil completed his mbbs course only a couple of years back which means he wasnt experienced enough to handle the situation but was still named by the boxing federation of india bfi as a team doctor however as a matter of fact it was the ministry which had struck off the name of ioas chief medical officer arun k mendiratta from the contingent listalso read needled india hope to shift spotlight on medals at humdrum cwgon another issue of badminton player saina nehwals dramatic threat to pull out of the cwg if her father harvir singh wasnt provided with an official accreditation to stay at the athletes village rathore informed that the ministry has provided the necessary support to get his accommodation donehowever sainas armtwisting has not gone down well with some sports officials in india as the names of sainas father and p v sindhus mother vijaya pusarla were cleared as extra officials at no cost to the governmentanother news had trickled down from gold coast that indian weightliftings chief physio akrant saxena had been asked by the organisers to leave the village since his accreditation read personal coach to s mirabai chanu according to cwg rules personal coaches cant stay in the village the goofup happened after the indians failed to clarify that saxena was the physio of the team and not a personal coach this forced saxena to look for his accommodation outside the village leaving the lifters without a physio just ahead of competition timehowever rathore informed that the physio will soon be accommodated at the village we will make sure that our lifters dont suffer