The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections received further delayed after the Gauhati High Court prolonged the date of hearing in a petition filed by the Assam Wrestling Association (AWA). The elections have been presupposed to be performed on July 11 however have been stayed by the court docket after the AWA filed a petition. The subsequent date for the hearing set by the court docket is July 28.
AWA had filed a plea in search of rights to take part within the election course of. The Assam affiliation had claimed that the state physique was entitled to be a part of the affiliated members of WFI however was not given recognition by the nationwide physique even after the Executive Committee really useful the identical in 2014.
AWA advocate opens on Court’s order of subsequent hearing
The AWA advocate Devajit Saikia has opened up concerning the Court’s order of extending the hearing date. “The WFI lawyer (ad-hoc committee) didn’t appear before the court today. Representatives of the sports ministry, which is among the respondents, sought one week’s time to file their affidavit. Accordingly, the court asked them to file the affidavit by July 26 and listed the matter for July 28,” Saikia mentioned as quoted by PTI.
There is not any readability why the ad-hoc committee, which is likely one of the respondents with the Sports Ministry, didn’t ship a lawyer. “It is the job of the ad-hoc panel to respond to the petition. We did not have a role in that. Our body is suspended, how we could interfere in this? We had made our position clear to the Returning Officer that Assam was never a full member, it had an associate membership without voting right,” mentioned an official from the earlier WFI set-up.
The Gauhati High Court had earlier stayed the elections of the federation on June 25, which was the ultimate day to submit names for the electoral faculty. It was contended by the petitioner that except it will get affiliated with the WFI physique, the election course of needs to be stalled.
The WFI had set May 7 as the election date earlier than being suspended by the Sports Ministry. Anurag Thakur had said that the elections will probably be held on June 30 after he met the protesting wrestlers. The Indian Olympic Association stored July 4 as the date of the elections earlier than the Returning Officer set July 6 for a similar. The date was further pushed to July 11 after 5 disaffiliated state our bodies staked declare to be eligible for voting.
