New Delhi: Sports Minister: Mansukh Mandaviya it was made clear on Thursday that the Asian Games The September contingent will be limited to 600 athletes and only those who deliver the continental showpiece will be eligible to travel to Japan.While making it clear that the Asian Games is not the right path for “exposure tours,” Mandaviya told the media that the policy of selection trials being videotaped and monitored by independent observers has proven valuable. After that, the athletes who are in the top-6 of the continental ranking will be eligible. Such a cut denied Indian football teams from qualifying for the Aichi-Nagoya Games.“The Asian Games is not an exposure tour, it is a platform for athletes to make the country proud with their best performance. So, as I have repeatedly stated, only those who can deliver will travel,” he said.“Exposure can be taken elsewhere. It is not necessarily the Asian Games. Anyone who wants to get jobs through participation certificates will not be taken.“Ministering to return.” Anush Agarwala‘On the same platform, Mandaviya sheds light on the often controversial selection process that precedes many sporting events. This time, rower Manika Batra: and Equestrian Anush Agarwalla created a stir due to their non-selection.While Batra questioned the process itself, Agarwalla filed a petition in the Delhi High Court after the ad-hoc committee of the Equestrian Federation of India (EFI) decided to drop him. After the Delhi HC rejected the plea, it was heard by a Division Bench.According to a source, the Sports Ministry will support his inclusion despite the first legal setback.The Delhi HC rejected the petitions of Agarwalla and Sudipti Hajela who objected against the calculation of Minimum Eligibility Requirements (MERs), the interpretation of the selection criteria, the absence of additional selection tests and made allegations of bias in the selection committee.The Sports Ministry clarified that the lists published by the National Sports Federations (NSFs) after conducting tests “only represent the federation’s recommended/selected list arising from its internal selection process.”“Such a list does not contain the final government-approved Indian contingent,” the Ministry source clarified.“The names recommended by the NSF remain subject to IOA review, SAI review and final approval by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.”“…only the athletes, coaches and support staff whose names are included in the Sanction Order issued by MYAS (Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) will be considered as members of the official Indian contingent for the Asian Games,” added the source.