"The house unanimously decided that we did not do anything wrong by going ahead with the election process. We had already communicated to the IOC that the IOA will have to go ahead with the elections under the sports code because of the Delhi High Court order," IOA acting President V K Malhotra told reporters on the sidelines of the AGM here.
"Inspite of this the IOC decided to suspend us, but we will try our level best to get the suspension revoked as soon as possible," he said after the meeting which lasted just over an hour.
"About 85 per cent of the sports federations and state Olympic committees were present in the AGM. And it was a unanimous decision," he said.
Malhotra said the IOA has sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the matter.
"I had already written to the PM to intervene into the matter. We are hoping to sort the issue by sitting together with the representatives of IOC, IOA and the government. We have to find a common ground between the Olympic charter, sports code and the Delhi HC order," he said.
In a major embarrassment for India, the IOC yesterday suspended the IOA because of government interference in its election process.
The IOC said that it decided to ban India as the IOA had failed to comply with Olympic Charter and also allowed a tainted official to contest elections for a top post.
The decision was largely expected after the IOA decided to go ahead with the elections today under the government's Sports Code, defying the IOC's diktat to hold the polls under the Olympic Charter. More
