Mar 17, 2025 05:08 AM IST
There will likely be contest for a lot of posts; 29 candidates are in fray for 19 posts of BFI government council
New Delhi: Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president Ajay Singh and vice-president Rajesh Bhandari will likely be within the fray for the president’s submit within the elections to be held on March 28, it has been learnt.
The Boxing Federation of India will maintain its elections on March 28 (HT)
Bhandari, who’s Himachal Pradesh Boxing Affiliation president, has additionally filed nomination for the vice-president’s submit.
The 19 posts for which elections are being held are president, secretary, treasurer, zonal vice presidents (8) and zonal joint secretaries (8). In all, 29 candidates have filed their nominations the BFI government council elections with the nominations closing on Sunday. It factors to seemingly contests for a lot of posts. 4 candidates every will likely be within the fray for the submit of secretary-general and treasurer, it has been learnt. The official record will likely be printed on Monday and scrutiny of nominations finished on Tuesday, as per the election schedule put out by returning officer, Justice (retd) RK Gauba.
Additionally it is learnt that HPBA is getting ready to petition the courtroom in opposition to the exclusion of former union minister Anurag Thakur from the electoral faculty.
The BFI elections got here into highlight after HPBA nominated Thakur to the electoral faculty with a watch on his contesting for the president’s submit in opposition to Ajay Singh, the SpiceJet chairman and MD, who’s looking for a 3rd and closing time period. Thakur was discovered to be “ineligible” on grounds that he was not an “elected member of HPBA” which was seen to be “in violation” of the federation’s structure and the Nationwide Sports activities Code, Singh stated whereas getting ready the record of electoral faculty on March 12. One other electoral record introduced by BFI secretary normal Hemanta Kalita included Thakur’s identify. Gauba, after contemplating each the lists, upheld the choice to omit Thakur’s identify, referring to the sports activities ministry’s views on ‘model election code’, which is a part of the sports activities code, throughout elections to the All India Chess Federation.
HPBA has contended that the choice is in opposition to the federation’s rules.
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