Pune: After the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) last week issued ultimatum to the Bangalore Turf Club (BTC) and followed it up with unilaterally cutting off the video signal of Pune races to Bangalore, the southern race club has also hardened its stand by making clear that it has neither any plan nor intention to restore either the signal or the damaged relationship with the premier western India turf club. In an interview to racing website indiarace.com, BTC chairman Satish Chandra made it clear.

"We made one big offer. We are willing to pay Rs 2.5 crore net and that actually works out to Rs 3.10 crore, taking into account that we only get Rs 59 lakhs from RWITC," he said, "it is an increase of 48 percent, and that's huge." BTC resolve not to give into RWITC's demand has turned the crisis into a deadlock that may continue with both parties not willing to give an inch, and drawing their battle lines.