Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Kalmadi meets Indian Premier over tenure regulations

Indian Olympic Association officials along with a delegation of National Sports Federations met the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh today over the issue of new tenure regulations for sports administrators.
Talking to reporters after the meeting, Kalmadi said, "We met Prime Minister over the issue of the IOA autonomy."
"We have assured the Prime Minister that the Commonwealth Games will be a huge success. We conveyed that Sports Minister M S Gill should not have come out with all these ideas now. He should have come out after the Games. The Prime Minister has said that he will look into the matter," Kalmadi added.
The officials are also unconvinced as to why this stir had to come just months ahead of the Commonwealth Games.
They have termed the government move as interference in their affairs and even warned that the attempts to erode their autonomy may invite international ban on India.
The new regulations restrict National Sports Federations presidents from occupying the posts for over 12 years, with or without break.
When it comes to secretaries and treasurers, the regulations allow them to serve eight years at a stretch and to seek a re-election only after a four-year gap.
Apart from Kalmadi, the regulation seeks to end the over a decade-old reign of VK Malhotra (archery), Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (cycling), VK Verma (badminton), Captain Satish K Sharma (aero club), B S Adityan (volleyball) and Jagdish Tytler (judo). - commonwealthdelhi2010.blogspot.com

Watch the interview by NDTV here

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