Indian Olympic Association – IOA Elections – India could face potential suspension at the upcoming Olympics if it fails to hold the election. …
Indian Olympic Association – IOA elections – India could face a possible suspension at the upcoming Olympics if it fails to hold the elections. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) elections have been scheduled since December 2021 due to outside interference and multiple court battles. Follow all live sports updates and scores on the InsideSport website.
- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) jointly referred to the issue of autonomy and a violation of the Olympic Charter.
- No IOA elections have taken place after the previous term ends
- India has also previously been warned by the International Olympic Committee
Indian Olympic Association: IOC warns India, ‘runs elections for IOA or faces suspension’: Follow live updates
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The International Olympic Committee to ban the IOA?
The IOC did not prepare to sit down and responded to the precarious situation in the IOA with preparations for the 2024 Olympics already underway, “The IOC and the OCA are following with great concern the latest developments affecting the IOA.
“It is very unfortunate to note that multiple legal actions have been initiated, which have only served to delay and create unnecessary complications thus far, when the IOA should have addressed and resolved these institutional problems internally, in accordance with our recommendations and the usual approach prevailing within the Olympic movement,” Read the letter, co-signed by James MacLeod, Director of Olympic Relations and Olympic Solidarity at the International Olympic Committee.
Illegal appointments
In January Narinder Batra appointed RK Anand as Head Chef for the Birmingham Staff. Bhubandar Singh Bajwa, President of the Indian Wushu Association, has been appointed Shiv De for the Asian Games in China. Ajay Kumar Singhania (General Secretary, Badminton Association of India).
Hariom Kaushik (Executive Board Member, Netball Federation of India), Gurudatta Bhakta (General Secretary, Goa Olympic Association and European Commission Member, Judo Federation of India) and Swapan Banerjee (Chairman of the Bengal Olympic Games and Bengal Hockey Federation) have been appointed as Deputy Chefs Di mission for the Asian Games.
All of these appointments were deemed illegal and challenged in court.
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Dire consequences for Indian Olympic sports
And the message came, “Therefore, we urge you to convene an IOA EC, followed by an Extraordinary/Extraordinary IOA General Assembly, to review and resolve this situation once and for all and confirm the date of the quadrennial IOA elections without any further delay, in accordance with the Olympic Charter and the IOA Constitution currently in force. It is approved by the International Olympic Committee.
“If the IOA fails to meet its obligations and is unable to properly organize its elections over the coming weeks, the IOC will, unfortunately, have no other choice but to consider appropriate safeguards towards the IOA, including suspension, so that the IOA can operate as normal and conduct its elections.”
The IOC’s letter came four days after Narinder Batra resigned from his positions as president of the International Hockey Federation and the International Hockey Federation (FIH), as well as as a member of the International Olympic Committee, after his appeal to reinstate him as president of the International Hockey Federation was rejected. IOA by the two-judge bench of the Delhi High Court. Batra’s membership in the International Olympic Committee is linked to his presidency of the IOA.
It should be noted that the IOA elections for the new European Commission were scheduled for 14 December 2021.
The situation in the IOA must now be resolved quickly or else the IOA could face a potential ban with the future of thousands of athletes in limbo.
Indian Olympic Association: IOC warns India, ‘runs elections for IOA or faces suspension’: Follow live updates
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