Sports: India warned over govt interference
IOA sports administrator to write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to withdraw government’s sports code.
NEW DELHI:
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday threatened to suspend India’s membership if the national federation did not conduct elections as per the Olympic charter. The IOA has been directed by a Delhi court to hold elections as per the government’s sports code, while the IOC wants the federation to abide by the Olympic charter that favours autonomy. “For more than two years, the IOC has expressed severe concerns about government interference in the IOA’s upcoming election process,” said a statement. However, IOA’s current veteran sports administrator, Vijay Kumar Malhotra Malhotra, told reporters he would write to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh asking him to withdraw the government’s sports code to avoid India being suspended from the Olympic movement.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 25th, 2012.
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