Chautala attended IOA GBM as Athletics representative:Nachappa
Press Trust of India New Delhi Claiming that IOA chief Abhay Singh Chautala was not eligible to attend the August 25 Special General Body Meeting here, Clean Sports India President Ashwini Nachappa has asked the International Olympic Committee not to heed to the decision taken by "few corrupt officials and politicians" in that conclave.
Nachappa, an Olympian sprinter, has shot off a letter to the IOC pointing out that Chautala attended the IOA Special GBM as a representative of Athletics Federation of India, an NSF with which he has no connection at all.
The IOA's Special General Body Meeting held on Sunday had sought to dilute IOC's directive to bar chargesheeted persons from contesting elections by proposing to apply the sanction to only those who are convicted and sentenced to a jail term of more than two years. They had argued that under Indian law, chargesheeted persons can stand even Parliamentary elections
"I want to point out the most glaring irregularity of this 25th August General Meeting of IOA. Mr Abhay Singh Chautala proclaiming to be President of IOA has attended the meeting signing as the representative of Athletic Federations of India," Nachappa said in the letter addressed to IOC's NOC Relations Director Jerome Poivey with the attendance sheet of IOA GBM attached with it.
"I have been an athlete since age of 8 yrs, represented my country at Asian Games, World Championships and the Olympic Games, but I have never seen or heard of Mr Chautala being a representative of AFI. As we all know he cannot be member of IOA from Boxing Federation of India, which is suspended by its international body, he simply chose to become an official of AFI. How convenient is that?" she asked.
"The most important leader of IOA's in its meeting on 25th August is an intruder and not a member of General Body of IOA. One can well imagine how many ineligible people might have sat in the meeting to decide on the future of Indian sports in that all-important meeting. All these are questionable facts before the Court of Law.
