"I've won medals at the highest level but you're still not capitalising on the achievement. The doubles are still being given a step-motherly treatment. You need to change your attitude," a concerned Jwala told PTI in an interview on the sidelines of the 12th South Asian Games here.
"After Ashwini and I, there is nobody and that is the plain truth. It's the doubles I'm more worried about," a three-time medalist in the Commonwealth Games 2006, 2010 and 2014 lamented.
"We keep talking about China but if you see...They have at least six players in men's women's doubles and mixed doubles. They give a lot of importance to their doubles players," the only Indian to have qualified for Olympics in two disciplines said.
She pointed out that they won a team bronze in the Thomas Uber Cup in 2014 and with the Asian Team Championships coming up in Hyderabad from February 15, there's no one India can bank on expect for her and Ashwini.
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"Asian Team Championship is coming up but we don't have a second pair. Even we cannot bank on our third singles -- we just have Saina and Sindhu."
However, she acknowledged BAI's efforts to appoint a doubles coach in badminton in Tan Kim Her, a Malaysian who has assumed charge in November.
"Nothing easy. I don't think it's easy for the singles players also. If we can win medal at the World Championship, I think Ashwini and I can win at the Olympics also.
"It's just that we need to keep focussing, play a lot of tournaments and do a lot of training, which we're doing right now. I think Ashwini and I are on the right track. We are working really hard. I've shed like 10 kilos. I'm lighter and fitter now. The Malaysian coach is helping us out. He's exclusively for doubles," she said.
"There's hardly any competition over here. Frankly speaking, this was not in our plan originally. It's the Olympic year and we hardly get any time to train. When we came to know that it's mandatory for us to play here it was a little shocking for us. It was given to us in writing. Our sports minister had requested everybody to participate."
Jwala said that she and Ashwini would be taking part in Asian badminton team championship after this tournament.
"We have Asian badminton team championship immediately after this from February 15. We will reach only on 11th and hardly get any time to prepare," she said.