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India’s Olympic Ban Continues Over Corruption
International Olympic Committee is holding off Indian Olympic Association to enter into the Olympic fold.
In an announcement made recently in Buenos Aires, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) is restraining India from getting into the Olympic fold until they can come to an agreement. The IOC is holding firm that the Indian Olympic Association must adapt the new 'charge-sheet' clause before they let them re-enter the Olympic fold.
At the Youth Asian Games in China last month, the Indian contingent marched under the Olympic Council of Asia flag at the opening ceremony. They were introduced as independent Olympic athletes.
The Indians won 14 medals – three gold, four silver and seven bronze. As each of the young Indian gold medalists took the podium, the national anthem did not play.
In a statement, by S. Reghunathan, senior sports official and chair of the deciding meeting, he said that all changes were accepted except for the charge sheet clause.
The charge sheet clause oversees the eligibility of committee members and plays a vital factor in the good governance of the committee. The IOA has been banned since last December 2012 when one of the executive members was charged with corruption over the New Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010.
Lalit Bhanot¸ defied the IOC earlier when he was voted into the IOA as the secretary-general. Despite him being charged with corruption among other things linked to the 2010 games, he has continued to make inquiries into other sporting events, asking about budgetary means and accreditations; including details surrounding the Asian Indoor Games.
Randhir Singh, secretary-general for the Olympic Council of Asia, stated that the IOC declared the recent committee votes of the IOA void and wonders why individuals are even acknowledging Bhanot as an IOA member. Randhir Singh on Wednesday asked the officials of suspended IOA to accept the IOC's directive to bar charge-framed persons from contesting elections or face further action from the world body.
Furthermore, the Olympic Council of Asia who oversees the Asian Indoor Games will not be able to accept the IOA's forms for the games, even if details are supplied.
The introduction for the charge sheet clause was put in place to bring fairness and a clean slate to sports governing bodies. The IOA vice-president, Tarlochan Singh, was under the impression that the charge sheet clause "was an ordinary issue" and has since tried to have the clause adjusted so that the IOA was still able to vote.
As it stands now, only individuals who have been convicted cannot vote but still allows those who have been charged to carry on with voting; meaning Bhanot and others such as Suresh Kalmadi, who was also charged with corruption can still vote. Since that statement was made, Abhay Singh Chautala, president of the IOA has also been suspended.
Acting-president of the IOA, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, thinks that this clause should be mandatory of all the member countries pushing all the countries to abide by and follow the clause.
RV Rathee, president of the Haryana Olympic Association had written to the president of the IOC earlier this year to insist on making those amendments to the clause, he also encouraged a re-election of the IOA for later this year to be overseen by the Ethics Committee in hopes that can change the people elected into the IOA governing body.
In order for the suspended IOA to re-enter the fold it must first accept this clause. The IOC and Indian sports minister, Jitendra Singh, have agreed that with the acceptance of the new clause, India will have the chance to a clean and conflict free entry into the fold.
Indian sportspersons, who are the worst hit, have said the ban is a shame. Olympian Abhinav Bindra had said last year, "It just re-iterates the fact that the athlete is the last person on the agenda in India."
The Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, in February next year is the next tournament where Indian athletes will have to participate as independent sportspersons. In September 2014, the Asian Games will be held in Incheon, South Korea.
Source: timesofindia.com, ibnlive.com, dna.com
Feature Image: International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge of Belgium speaks during a news conference in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
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