Indian Sprint Legend PT Usha Involved In 'Heated Confrontation' With Indian Olympic Body Members

26.09.2024 - 18:53 sports.ndtv.com

Indian Olympic Association President PT Usha had another heated confrontation with the body's Executive Council on Thursday after a majority of its members reiterated their opposition to Raghuram Iyer's appointment as CEO but the embattled track-and-field great refused to back down and rejected their demand for his removal.

The main agenda of the meeting called by Usha was ratification of Iyer's appointment as CEO on January 5 but it ended in a deadlock.

With both sides sticking to their earlier stands, the bitter feud is expected to worsen in the coming days. "They want to re-initiate the whole process, they want to re-advertise afresh.

It's like saying we don't want this person and let us start the process from the scratch," a furious Usha said after the meeting. "This process (of appointment of CEO) took two years and now they want to start all over again.

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