Its Ajay Singh vs Jaslal Pradhan for Boxing Federation of India polls

Seeking a 3rd consecutive time period, Ajay Singh may have a straight struggle with Olympian boxer Jaslal Pradhan for the president’s publish within the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections, scheduled on Aug 21.

As per the ultimate checklist of contesting candidates printed on Monday, Ajay Singh, representing the Uttarakhand affiliation, will tackle 1984 Olympian Pradhan of the Sikkim unit.

Pramod Kumar, Digvijay Singh and Neeraj Jain will contest for the secretary-general’s publish, whereas Pon Baskaran, R. Gopu and Anil Bohidar are in fray for the treasurer’s publish.

Recording submissions in a BFI election-related case on Monday, the Delhi High Court didn’t keep the polls whereas posting the matter for listening to on September 23. The election outcomes shall be topic to the ultimate consequence of the case.

After the preliminary notification for elections obtained caught as a result of authorized battles, the worldwide governing physique, World Boxing, fashioned an interim committee to run the BFI and conduct its polls.

The much-delayed BFI elections have been mired in controversy as former Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur’s identify, nominated from Himachal Pradesh and projected as a possible candidate for the highest publish, was rejected twice from the electoral faculty amid completely different allegations, together with that the newly-adopted BFI structure throughout the interim committee’s tenure was ‘undemocratic.’