IOA vice-president alleges Narinder Batra was ineligible to contest for president’s position

Two and a half years after Narinder Batra’s election as Indian Olympic Association chief, one of its vice presidents has questioned the manner in which he assumed power, saying he was not even eligible to contest the polls under the constitution then.

IOA vice president Sudhanshu Mittal, in a letter to the International Hockey Federation, alleged that “a major cover-up” was done to allow Batra contest election for the position.

Mittal said Batra’s eligibility was “falsified” twice and it even impacted his position as FIH president in 2017.