Excluded from the Indian squad for the Asian Games, gymnast Dipa Karmakar on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the Sports Ministry for leaving her demotivated and discouraged with their "deafening silence".

Dipa, who achieved a historic fourth place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympics, recently topped the Asian Games trials in her event but was not included in the Indian squad as she didn't fulfil the criteria of a top-eight finish in the last 12 months.