PUNE: After a day of high drama, normalcy returned to Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex on Saturday with the state sports minister Padmakar Valvi effectively revoking the 'stop-activity' letter issued to the various academies, including Gagan Narang's Gun For Glory shooting centre.
"(Issuing) the letter was wrong. The commissioner (directorate of sports and youth services of Maharashtra) had no right to issue the letter asking the academies to close down. He should have consulted the panel set up by the government," Valvi told TOI, which had reported about the termination notice on Friday.
On Friday, a letter signed by the deputy director of the sports complex was sent to the academies asking them to stop all activities by March 31. However, Valvi's reference to the "commissioner" (Pankaj Kumar) made it clear that there was more to it than met the eye. On Saturday, the minister visited the venue and met the academy officials, assuring them that the letter stood withdrawn and a new MoU for a five-year period would be signed within the next 15 day
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