Narinder Batra resigns as president of Indian Olympic Association
Other Sports | May 25, 2022 17:09 ISTNarinder Batra resigned from the post of president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday.
Narinder Batra resigned from the post of president of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Wednesday.
Batra's father had tested positive for COVID-19 along with two of his attendants and as many security guards posted at his house in May, 2020.
Olympic games can be hosted in three or four cities in India, and the IOA is in talks with the IOC about India's possible bid for 2036.
The Birmingham CWG is scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be hosted by Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 15.
The mega-event is being held from July 23 to August 8 under strict health safety protocols and sans crowds amid the raging pandemic.
Batra said negotiations are still on to ease restrictions on training during quarantine.
Due to the COVID-19 surge in the national capital, the Delhi government had ordered shutting down of all premises that don't fall under the essential category.
Out of the expected 190-member contingent, Narinder Batra said that the IOA estimates 125-135 athletes.
Batra will hold the office until 2024.
Batra, who is also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), became chief of FIH in 2016.
Batra, who became FIH president in 2016, confirmed his re-election bid in a letter to the FIH Congress dated February 18.
He was honoured with the award at the Capital Foundation Annual Lecture and Awards 2020 which was held online.
With the pandemic making a physical meeting difficult to conduct, Batra had sent letters intimating the formation of the new committees for approval to the EC members to make for the lack of an online voting mechanism.
On Thursday, the Sports Ministry -- acting on the direction of the Delhi High Court -- provisionally withdrew the annual recognition granted to 54 NSFs.
India sent a 117-member contingent at the 2016 Rio Games and 83 competitors to London in 2012.
World champion and Olympic silver medallist shuttler P V Sindhu will join 21 top athletes around the world in a live workout to mark the Olympic Day on June 23.
Mittal had earlier demanded an IOC ethics commission inquiry into alleged irregularities in Batra's election as IOA president in 2017, which the world body had rejected last week.
The International Hockey Federation on Friday said that Narinder Batra did not breach the body's statutes during his election as president in 2016.
In separate letters to IOC President Thomas Bach, IOA vice-presidents Sudhanshu Mittal and Adile Sumariwalla spoke for and against Narinder Batra respectively.
The war of words between IOA president Narinder Batra and secretary-general Rajeev Mehta continues, with the former defending his decision to dissolve the Ethics Commission.
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