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IABF ready for re-election to get suspension revoked: Chautala

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:10 AM IST

The International Boxing Association suspended the IABF alleging "possible manipulation" in its recent elections but the body denied the charge, insisting that the process was "transparent".

However, Chautala said re-election was an option if that is what the AIBA insisted on.

"We are ready for a re-election and I am ready quit the post of chairman. AIBA can send its observer and fix the date also. I have told the IABF President and Secretary General to speak to the AIBA officials and sort out the matter," Chautala told reporters here.

"Whoever has complained against us is against the country. There is no problem in boxing," he insisted.

The development comes within a few days of the International Olympic Committee suspending the Indian Olympic Association.

"Further to the International Olympic Committee's suspension imposed on the Indian Olympic Association, the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Executive Committee Bureau has decided today December 6 to provisionally suspend the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF)," the AIBA said in a statement.

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"This provisional suspension is also due to the fact that AIBA had learned about possible manipulation of the recent IABF's election.

"AIBA will now investigate this election and especially a potential political link between IOA President, as former Chairman of the IABF, and the IABF election," it added. MORE

  

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First Published: Dec 07 2012 | 1:25 PM IST

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