National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) president Raninder Singh today said the country must boycott the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham if shooting sport is not reinstated.
Raninder said he will will soon write to the Sports Ministry and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) in this regard.
Speaking at a function to felicitate the Indian shooters here, the NRAI chief said, "Within a day or two, I am going to write to the Union Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and will urge them to boycott the 2022 CWG if shooting is not re-included in the games.
The Indian shooting squad bagged as many as 16 medals, seven of them gold, in the discipline at the just concluded Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.
"We will strongly appeal to the sports ministry and Indian Olympic Association to withdraw Indian team from the 2022 edition of the CWG," he added.
The CGF has decided to exclude shooting from the 2022 Games, citing logistical issues.
In a letter to the 2022 Games organisers earlier this year, CGF CEO David Grevemberg had said, "Shooting will not feature at the 2022 CWG and the CGF has awarded the Games supporting these plans."