NEW DELHI: Close on the heels of
International Boxing Association provisionally suspending the Indian
Federation, the Sports Ministry also suspended recognition to the IABF, citing
"flawed and faulty" elections.
This was announced by the Sports
Minister Jitendra Singh, who said the IABF election held in September were in
"violation of the procedure laid down in the Sports Code."
"IABF has been suspended
primarily on grounds that elections were flawed and faulty and the nomination
time given was very less. When the nomination did not come in, people were just
picked from the house. We have given them 15 days time to confirm that they
would hold a re-election," said the Minister.
The September elections saw
incumbent President Abhay Sinhg Chautala being made the nominated chairman,
replaced by his brother-in-law and BJP MLA from Rajasthan Abhishek Matoria, 29,
as President.
The Ministry listed the flaws in
the election in a detailed statement.
"The publication of the
electoral roll was flawed because it was not possible for the electoral roll to
be dispatched to members by post prior to the last date for filing of
nominations and merely publishing on the website is not considered sufficient
notice or information to all members," it said.
"Members were not given
sufficient time to file nominations as the gap between the finalisation of the
electoral roll and the filing of nomination was too short to allow people to
travel large distances and file nominations personally," the Ministry
added.
"Nominations of candidates
were taken from the floor of the House on a date which was after last date of
nomination and this is not permissible."
The Ministry said the only way
forward now is to hold the elections again.
"...The entire election
needs to be held afresh. The Government has to suspend the recognition of the
Indian Amateur Boxing Federation pending fresh elections.
"A notice will be sent to
the IABF to confirm that they will hold fresh elections under independent supervision
within a period of 15 days failing which the de-recognition will be made
absolute," it said.
It is a massive jolt to the IABF
which is already in a state of shock after being provisionally suspended by
AIBA, which cited "possible manipulation" of the elections as the
reason.
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