"Our Telangana daughter has earned a name in the entire world. We intend to give a very good coach to Sindhu going forward. Her (present) coach (Pullela Gopichand) is also very good. But in addition to that, going forward in any international match, we are sure that she will bring a gold medal," he was quoted as saying by electronic media.
Ali later left for Mumbai to attend a function to sign some agreements on irrigation projects with Maharashtra government and was not reachable for comments.
But his office clarified that "it's a generalised statement and he was quoted out of context. What he meant was to have international coaches for better performance of players from Telangana. He did not mean anything against Gopichand.
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