Now, govt targets the Athletic Federation of India
Three days after de-recognising two federations, Sports Ministry today issued a notice to the Athletic Federation of India to remove a few contentious clauses from its constitution and hold re-elections for the post of president and secretary.
Taking a tough stand on the National Sports Federations ever since the International Olympic Committee suspended the IOA, the Ministry shot off a letter to the AFI drawing its attention to the clauses and warned of taking action if those were not rectified.
The development triggered off speculations that the AFI could be the next federation to be de-recognised after the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) and the Archery Association of India (AAI).
The sports secretary Pradip Deb said that the Ministry has advised the AFI to remove a few restrictive clauses and re-hold elections only for the post of the president and secretary.
"There will be no de-recognition as of today," Deb said.
"Only thing we have found, there is a clause in the constitution of the AFI that is in conflict with only the post of the president and secretary. So, we have advised the AFI to remove the restricted clause and hold the elections only for these two posts. Everything else is fine," he added.
Deb also said that it is wrong to assume that the Sports Ministry is on a spree to suspend Federations.
"Just because we have de-recognised IABF and AAI, it is not right to think that we are here to suspend the federations. We have only made some recommendations," Deb insisted.
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