new delhi the sports ministry and the commonwealth games federation cgf on wednesday evaded queries on ioa president narinder batras assertion that the cwg was a waste of time and the country should consider a permanent pull out from the quadrennial eventbatra felt that the level of competition at the cwg is not high and indian athletes should be better served if they compete at better tournamentshe had earlier called for an indian boycott of the 2022 cwg in birmingham over the noninclusion of shooting from the games rosterwhen contacted a sports ministry official refused to comment on batras assertion saying at this stage the government does not wish to reactthe cgf also chose not react on the issuewe do not wish to respond directly to the comments allegedly made here cgf media and communications manager tom degun told ptithe cgf official was asked if batras comments will have any impact on the likely visit of cgf chief louise martin in november to discuss the concerns raised by india on shootings exclusion from the birmingham games but our president dame louise martin and ceo david grevemberg are looking forward to constructive meetings with the indian olympic association in november degun saida few days back batra had accepted martins suggestion to meet him in new delhi in novemberthe intended purpose of our visit would be to cover the following three areas to provide any further clarification necessary on the composition and process for determining the commonwealth games sports programme recognising the concerns raised by india including relations going forward with the issf and icfrato see and discuss firsthand the continuing legacy of delhi 2010 cwg infrastructure sport economic and social and opportunity to meet athletes regional sport bodies and federations in delhi mumbai and bangalore to present and discuss transformation 2022 refresh the commonwealth sport strategic plan 20192022 and indias engagement moving forward the cgf official said