India's Olympic Ban Might Soon Be Lifted

Bangalore: India’s Olympic ban got everyone questioning the integrity of the system. With corrupt leaders the ban wasn’t a surprise; rather it was seen as a blessing in disguise. This month may put an end to the Olympic woes. Two members recognised in the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) and the Union sports minister Jitendra Singh are invited by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for discussion in Lausanne to resolve the IOA’s suspension and set the path for new elections, as reported by TNN.

One point has been made clear by the committee. It acceptsif the delegation has few other eminent members of the IOA before the suspension, but there is no place for the group headed by Abhey Kumar Chautala in the meeting.

The IOA acting-president VK Malhotra and IOC member Randhir Singh received the letter which said, “We are writing to you to follow up on our letter of January 14, 2013 and to renew our invitation to you to come to Lausanne together with the sports minister of India for a joint meeting with IOC and Olympic Council of Asia. We request that you agree with the sports minister on a suitable date to come to Lausanne, which should be no later than March 31, 2013, and that you submit a concrete proposal to us by the end of next week. As soon as we agree on a date, we will extend an official invitation to the sports minister,” as reported by TNN.

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