International Olympic Committee member in India, Randhir Singh on Wednesday asked the officials of suspended Indian Olympic Association to accept the world body’s directive to bar charge-framed persons from contesting elections or face further action from the IOC.
“My friends in IOA are misinformed. They don’t realise the gravity of the situation. They don’t realise that what IOC says, it has to be accepted. You can’t go against the IOC but yes, you can negotiate with them, you can discuss with them on certain other matters. It’s time a clean set-up comes into place,” said Randhir.
The IOA has continued to be in a defiant mood despite the IOC’s tough stand on the chargesheet clause. The IOC stood firm on its stand during its executive board meeting in Buenos Aires earlier this month and asked the IOA to accept all demands in full, including barring charge-framed persons from contesting IOA’s elections.
Meanwhile, the suspended Indian Boxing Federation is all set for a massive churning with a majority of its state units deciding to meet here on October 6 to form an ad-hoc body to approve a new constitution and finalise the date of a Special General Meeting.