Will India Escape The Olympic Ban?
Bangalore: When sports and corruption join hands it leads to catastrophe, causing distress to the athletes who put their heart and soul in the sport. Suresh Kalmadi abdicated his President’s post in the Indian Olympic Association, a post he held for 16 years, after he was alleged with corruption charges. After he stepped down, Abhay Singh Chautala and Randhir Singh decided to contest for the posts on the committee.
A lot of information has been reveled since then, even this, that the top officials were elected unopposed, much before the poll date.
Most controversial is the return of Lalit Bhanot to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), as the new secretary general, and it has raised many questions across the country calling the election futile.
Now stuck with tainted officials India’s suspension from the Olympic movement is to be known in the near future, but can India escape the ban is hard to say. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has its meeting set in Lausanne on December 4th and 5th. At the meeting it will be decided if India should be suspended for breaking the Olympic agreement in its election process, as reported by AFP.
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