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P T Usha, Gopichand in IOA's new Advisory panel

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

The three-member advisory panel includes P T Usha, P Gopichand and Dilip Tirkey.

The General body also discussed the International Olympic Council's statement that the elections were null and void and wished to clarify that the polls took place with a well laid-out procedure.

"The elections were conducted under the guidance of a three-member Election Commission comprising Retired Chief Justice Anil Dev Singh, Justice V K Bali and Justice J D Kappor and even the Union Government had sent its observer Joy Sebastian to oversee the election process," the IOA said in a statement.

"Even the members of the media were present at the venue in large numbers and it only proves that the election were held in free and fair manner and also with the approval of all the stakeholders party to the Indian Olympic Association in India," it added.

 

Abhay Singh Chautala yesterday took over as the President of the IOA while the tainted Lalit Bhanot became the secretary general after the sports body conducted its controversial elections defying the IOC's directive not to go ahead with the polls. Chautala and Bhanot were declared elected unopposed.

Athletes commission:

Chairman: Gurbachan Singh Randhawa

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First Published: Dec 06 2012 | 7:05 PM IST

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