New Delhi, Jul 17: Former India captain Pargat Singh today filed his nomination for the Hockey India president's post, setting the stage for a showdown with HI interim head Vidya Stokes in the July 28 polls here.
Stokes, who was earlier chief of Indian Women's Hockey Federation, has already filed her nominations.
After filing his nomination before Returning Officer Justice R C Chopra, Pargat vowed to revive hockey and clean the mess the national game is in.
"We have seen what hockey is going through for quite some time. There is a divided house but I won't let it divide anymore. I will take hockey to its lost glory," Pargat, also Punjab Hockey Secretary, told reporters at a press briefing here.
"For the last couple of years hockey is being played in court rooms and inside closed chambers but not on the field.