Singh resigns as chief, to contest BFI election
New Delhi, Aug. 3 -- Boxing Federation of India's (BFI) interim committee president Ajay Singh has resigned from the post to run for a third term as federation president later this month. He tendered his resignation to World Boxing late on Friday, hours after sending a circular announcing the BFI AGM and elections on August 21. The world body accepted his resignation on Saturday.
"Since I intend to contest the forthcoming elections, I believe it is appropriate and in the interest of fairness and transparency that I step down," Singh wrote in his email to WB president Boris van der Vorst.
The tenure of the previous set of BFI office-bearers ended on February 2. Elections were initially scheduled for March 28 but were delayed due to multiple ...
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