Singh re-elected BFI president
New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- Incumbent Ajay Singh was elected as the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) president for a third straight term after his panel registered a comfortable win on Thursday. Singh defeated Sikkim unit's Jaslal Pradhan 40-26, while UP unit's Pramod Kumar was elected the secretary general, defeating MP unit's Digvijay Singh 36 votes to 30.
The treasurer's post was a three-way fight which saw Tamil Nadu's Pon Baskaran defeating Odisha's Anil Kumar Bohidar and Pondicherry's R Gopu. The elections had participation from 34 state units representing 66 votes.
The results remain subject to the final outcome of an ongoing case in the Delhi High Court, where several state units have challenged the constitutional amendments introduced by the interim committee that had been overseeing BFI's daily affairs since April. The elections were conducted in the presence of Returning Officer Justice (retd) Rajesh Tandon and BFI interim committee head Fairuz Mohammed of Singapore Boxing Federation. HTC...
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