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Agence France-Presse | Last updated on Wednesday, 11 December 2013 09:19
Lausanne: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach said on Tuesday that a suspension of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was being maintained.
The IOC suspended India in December last year for flouting the Olympic charter in its election process.
Bach said that if the question of autonomy no longer posed a problem, the proposals made by the IOC on governance have not yet all been accepted by the IOA.
"We maintained the suspension," said Bach after a meeting of the IOC executive board.
"The roadmap we have established before with the Indian Olympic Committee implies also the elections four weeks after the approval of these statutes.
"So we are looking forward to the implementation of these new rules by transparent, open and democratric election in the IOA.
"We have already taken precaution for the athletes to make sure the athletes will not suffer from these procedures."
If this election does not take place before the Sochi Olympics in February or does not satisfy the IOC, Indian athletes can still participate in the Games, Bach said.
"Indian athletes can participate in the Winter Games if they qualify of course but if there is no election before Sochi which meets the approval of the IOC, there will be no Indian flag in the Sochi Games, there will be no mention of India but we will ensure the participation of Indian athletes as independent athletes under the Olympic flag.
"They will be provided with the necessary support and staff, but there will be no chief of mission."
To avoid being banned completely from the Olympics, the IOA agreed Sunday to amend its constitution and prevent members now accused of corruption holding office.
New elections are scheduled for February 9, two days after the opening ceremony of the Sochi Games.
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IOA was not happy for the interference of IOC and was making it as internal matter of India and is conducting elections after the Sochi ceremony . Indian sportsperson were forced to go without Indian flag by IOC
IOA polls tomorrow, India likely to return to Olympic fold - The Hindu
Slammed by the sporting fraternity for bringing shame on the country, a beleaguered IOA will hold its much-awaited elections on Sunday which is expected to clear the decks for India's return to the Olympic fold after 14 months of suspension by its parent body.
World Squash Federation President N. Ramachandran, younger brother of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan, is set to be elected unopposed as president of Indian Olympic Association in the polls which will be held after Abhay Singh Chautala and Lalit Bhanot were barred from contesting on the ground that they have been charge-framed by a court of law.
Kho Kho Federation of India president Rajeev Mehta and All India Tennis Association chief Anil Khanna will be elected unopposed as secretary general and treasurer respectively.
Chautala and Bhanot were elected as president and secretary general in the IOA polls on December 5, 2012, a day after the IOC suspended India for government interference and for allowing tainted persons in the election process. The IOC had declared the elections "null" and "void".
There will be elections only for vice-presidents on Sunday as nine candidates were left in the fray for eight posts which will be conducted in the presence of three IOC observers and a sports ministry official.
The elections, which will be conducted by a three-member election commission of the IOA, will be preceded by a Special GBM which will make an amendment in the constitution under the diktat of IOC so as to make it clear that charge-framed persons would have to cease being members of IOA besides being barred from contesting elections.
"It will be a short affair. The General Body will make a small constitutional amendment and then straightway election will start," a top IOA official told PTI.
The IOC had hinted recently that India could be brought back to the Olympic fold after the IOA elections. IOC President Thomas Bach had hinted India's return even before the Winter Olympics which began on Friday in Sochi if the IOA held its elections before the Games.
Three Indians could not took part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics under the tri-colour due to India's suspension by the IOC and the IOA had to draw flak from all quarters for bringing shame on the country.
Clean Sports India, a movement for a corruption-free sports in the country, also wrote a letter to the IOC questioning the inclusion of Chautala and Bhanot in the electoral college on the ground that they have been charge-framed by a court of law in India.
CSI said in view of several anomalies in the election process, the polls can be challenged in a court of law later on as the IOA is a body constituted under the Societies Registration Act.
Chautala, who cannot stand in the elections, had been authorised by his faction to choose the candidates for various posts, including those of president, secretary general and treasurer.
It is also learnt that some sort of a compromise was reached between the factions led by Chautala and IOC member in India Randhir Singh.
Randhir's daughter Sunaina Kumari, who is currently Bowling Federation of India chief, will be one of the six joint secretaries.
Three representatives each from Indian Boxing Federation, Taekwondo Federation of India and Fencing Association of India were barred by the IOC from casting votes in tomorrow's elections on the ground that these three NSFs have been suspended by their international federations.
The decision came after the boxing world body, AIBA recommended the IOC not to allow the IBF representatives to cast their votes.
IOC Director of NOC Relations Pere Miro, IOC Ethics Commission member Francisco J Elizalde from Philippines and Olympic Council of Asia Director General Husain Al Musallam will be the observers from the world body in the elections.
IOA was not happy for the interference of IOC and was making it as internal matter of India and is conducting elections after the Sochi ceremony . Indian sportsperson were forced to go without Indian flag by IOC
IOA polls tomorrow, India likely to return to Olympic fold - The Hindu
Slammed by the sporting fraternity for bringing shame on the country, a beleaguered IOA will hold its much-awaited elections on Sunday which is expected to clear the decks for India's return to the Olympic fold after 14 months of suspension by its parent body.
World Squash Federation President N. Ramachandran, younger brother of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan, is set to be elected unopposed as president of Indian Olympic Association in the polls which will be held after Abhay Singh Chautala and Lalit Bhanot were barred from contesting on the ground that they have been charge-framed by a court of law.
Kho Kho Federation of India president Rajeev Mehta and All India Tennis Association chief Anil Khanna will be elected unopposed as secretary general and treasurer respectively.
Chautala and Bhanot were elected as president and secretary general in the IOA polls on December 5, 2012, a day after the IOC suspended India for government interference and for allowing tainted persons in the election process. The IOC had declared the elections "null" and "void".
There will be elections only for vice-presidents on Sunday as nine candidates were left in the fray for eight posts which will be conducted in the presence of three IOC observers and a sports ministry official.
The elections, which will be conducted by a three-member election commission of the IOA, will be preceded by a Special GBM which will make an amendment in the constitution under the diktat of IOC so as to make it clear that charge-framed persons would have to cease being members of IOA besides being barred from contesting elections.
"It will be a short affair. The General Body will make a small constitutional amendment and then straightway election will start," a top IOA official told PTI.
The IOC had hinted recently that India could be brought back to the Olympic fold after the IOA elections. IOC President Thomas Bach had hinted India's return even before the Winter Olympics which began on Friday in Sochi if the IOA held its elections before the Games.
Three Indians could not took part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics under the tri-colour due to India's suspension by the IOC and the IOA had to draw flak from all quarters for bringing shame on the country.
Clean Sports India, a movement for a corruption-free sports in the country, also wrote a letter to the IOC questioning the inclusion of Chautala and Bhanot in the electoral college on the ground that they have been charge-framed by a court of law in India.
CSI said in view of several anomalies in the election process, the polls can be challenged in a court of law later on as the IOA is a body constituted under the Societies Registration Act.
Chautala, who cannot stand in the elections, had been authorised by his faction to choose the candidates for various posts, including those of president, secretary general and treasurer.
It is also learnt that some sort of a compromise was reached between the factions led by Chautala and IOC member in India Randhir Singh.
Randhir's daughter Sunaina Kumari, who is currently Bowling Federation of India chief, will be one of the six joint secretaries.
Three representatives each from Indian Boxing Federation, Taekwondo Federation of India and Fencing Association of India were barred by the IOC from casting votes in tomorrow's elections on the ground that these three NSFs have been suspended by their international federations.
The decision came after the boxing world body, AIBA recommended the IOC not to allow the IBF representatives to cast their votes.
IOC Director of NOC Relations Pere Miro, IOC Ethics Commission member Francisco J Elizalde from Philippines and Olympic Council of Asia Director General Husain Al Musallam will be the observers from the world body in the elections.
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Western media trying very hard: 
It seems only they can host a big multi nation event right
Photographic Proof That Sochi Is A Godforsaken Hellscape Right Now
It seems only they can host a big multi nation event right
Photographic Proof That Sochi Is A Godforsaken Hellscape Right Now
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(L-R) Silver medalist Peter Prevc of Slovenia, gold medalist Kamil Stoch of Poland and bronze medalist Anders Bardal of Norway celebrate during the medal ceremony for the Men's Ski Jump Normal Hill Individual Final
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(L-R) Bronze medalist Olga Graf of Russia, gold medalist Irene Wust of the Netherlands and silver medalist Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic celebrate during the medal ceremony for the LadiesÂ’ 3000m speed skating
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Gold medalist Charles Hamelin of Canada celebrates during the medal ceremony for the MenÂ’s 1500m Short Track Speed Skating
(L-R) Bronze medalist Victor An of Russia, gold medalist Charles Hamelin of Canada and silver medalist Tianyu Han of China celebrate during the medal ceremony for the MenÂ’s 1500m Short Track Speed Skating
Gold medalist Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Alpine Skiing Women's Super Combined
(L-R) Silver medalist Nicole Hosp of Austria, gold medalist Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany and bronze medalist Julia Mancuso of the United States celebrate during the medal ceremony for the Alpine Skiing Women's Super Combined
(L-R) Gold medalists Yulia Lipnitskaya, Evgeny Plyushchenko, Ksenia Stolbova, Fedor Klimov, Tatiana Volosozhar, Maxim Trankov, Ekaterina Bobrova, Dmitri Soloviev, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia celebrate during the medal ceremony for the Team Figure Skating Overall
(L-R) Silver medalists Canada, gold medalists Russia and bronze medalists United States celebrate during the medal ceremony for the Team Figure Skating Overall
Gold medalist Irene Wust of the Netherlands celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Ladies' 3000m speed skating
(L-R) Bronze medalist Olga Graf of Russia, gold medalist Irene Wust of the Netherlands and silver medalist Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic celebrate during the medal ceremony for the LadiesÂ’ 3000m speed skating
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India is back as member of Olympics. Indian flag will be hosted in closing ceremony.
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baesti kharab hone se baaach gayi
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baesti kharab hone se baaach gayi
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India is back as member of Olympics. Indian flag will be hosted in closing ceremony.
source NDTV
baesti kharab hone se baaach gayi
Indians have showed respect to the Olympics games spirit and it was never shame for India or Indians to go under Olympic flag at Sochi.
India back in Olympics, international committee revokes suspension | NDTV.com
