New Delhi: The newly-elected executive council of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) today formed a three-member advisory panel to guide the office bearers on the problems faced by the athletes along with a nine-member Athletes Commission to keep a check on the needs of the players.
The three-member advisory panel includes P T Usha, P Gopichand and Dilip Tirkey.
The General Body also clarified the International Olympic Council stand that the elections were null and void and clarified that the polls took place with a well laid-out procedure.
“The elections were conducted under the guidance of a three-member Election Commission comprising Retired Chief Justice Anil Dev Singh, Justice V K Bali and Justice J D Kappor and even the Union Government had sent its observer Joy Sebastian to oversee the election process,” the IOA said in a statement.
“Even the members of the media were present at the venue in large and it only proves that the election were held in free and fair manner and also with the approval of all the stakeholders party to the Indian Olympic Association in India,” it added.
Athletes’ commission:
Chairman: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa — Athletics
Members: Wilson Cherian — Swimming
K Malleswari— Weighlifting
Manjit Dua— Table Tennis
Jatinder Singh— Boxing
Aparna Popat— Badminton
Anuj Kumar— Wrestling
Lawn tennis and Archery are yet to send in their nominations
By Indian Sports News Network