Olympic Silver Medallist PV Sindhu has landed in Hyderabad on Monday Morning. She was given a grand welcome by the Telangana Government and her fans. There is a lot of hard work behind this Silver medal and without Coach Gopichand, Sindhu couldn’t do this.

As everyone is in a mood of celebrating the silver medal winning moments, Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mohammed Mahmood Ali in a shocking statement stated that “he plans to give Sindhu proper coaching so that she can win the gold medal in the next Olympics.”

He also added, “even though Pullela Gopichand was a very good coach, the government will find a better coach for ace shuttler PV Sindhu.” Pullela Gopichand’s name is present in every by-line with the headlines of P V Sindhu winning the silver medal at Rio Olympics.

Deputy CM’s Shocking Statement:

“The entire country is proud of her. No played could till that level. Thus we are very happy that our daughter from Telangana has earned a name across the world. In future, we will find a better coach for Sindhu. Her current coach is also very good, but we will find a coach for her so that she wins a Gold medal next time,” stated Deputy CM.

Telangana: We are planning to give Sindhu proper coaching so that she can fetch gold next time: Mahmood Ali, Dep CM pic.twitter.com/BZwtj7JC0N

— ANI (@ANI_news) August 22, 2016

But the shocking statement literally hurts fans of Sindhu and Gopichand. He had worked a lot for bringing up the sport of Badminton in India into the limelight. Gopichand himself is one of the most respected figures in Indian sports fraternity and the statement is shocking.

Check out how twitter reacted to his statement:

Bhai, rehne de. https://t.co/oZqSyBeD2u

— Rohan (@mojorojo) August 22, 2016

@ANI_news matlab ab tak jo training diya woh bekaar thaa kya bc

— Jithendra (@hydbadshah) August 22, 2016

Ignorant / insensitive? Mahmood Ali, Deputy CM Telangana says P. Gopichand is good but planning to get better https://t.co/jEFhnSVfO8

— GAURAV C SAWANT (@gauravcsawant) August 22, 2016

The best training you can give her is to shut up about things you don’t know.
Go train with Vijay Goel for a Selfie. https://t.co/Eac7YIvu29

— Sorabh Pant (@hankypanty) August 22, 2016

@ANI_news Duffer proper Coaching is what got us the Silver Medal. Don’t Meddle in her coaching just give Facilities to Sindhu and Gopichand.

— Manoj Raje (@rajemanoj) August 22, 2016

There can’t be a better coach than Gopichand, wat do u mean by proper coaching you moron@ani_news

— Ratnakar Sadasyula (@ScorpiusMaximus) August 22, 2016

@ANI_news Keep politicians far away from our sportsmen to win more medals .

— Savita (@saavy_m) August 22, 2016

@ANI_news What?? and I thought she was already receiving the best coaching from Gopi

— Nitin Sharma (@nitin1sharma) August 22, 2016

@ANI_news All this just to take credit for the bright future of a self made athlete.That too without doing anything for sure.

— Monika singh (@onceAThinker) August 22, 2016

@ANI_news Whenwill politicians talk sense.Focus on getting facilities for swimming,gymnastics,hockey etc.Badminton taken care,just supportit

— aruna (@aru_2009) August 22, 2016

We are planning to vote properly so that next time we have a better Dep CM: Telangana https://t.co/uiQYKJBveo

— Aadeesh Deshpande (@Aadeesh) August 22, 2016

headlines/breaking news : “Mahmood Ali, Dep CM of Telangana will coach Sindhu to win Gold in Tokyo 2020” https://t.co/sfHTYCdi6K

— Suhas Bharadwaj (@srbharadwaj) August 22, 2016

Telangana deputy CM says they will ensure “proper coaching” for #PVSindhu so she wins gold next time. Lol. How to embarrass yourself 101.

— Uday Singh Rana (@UdayRanaTOI) August 22, 2016

The ignorance of the official is immense since the coaching Gopichand provides is one of the best in the world. And it should be, because it is due to his discipline Sindhu has grown to be a star, just like her senior and 2012 medallist Saina Nehwal.