IOA President Narinder Batra In-Home Quarantine, will reply to Sudhanshu Mittal’s complaint after returning to Office


IOA President Narinder Batra In-Home Quarantine, will reply to Sudhanshu Mittal’s complaint after returning to Office

Narinder Batra FIH

The President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Narinder Batra said in a letter that he is currently in quarantine and will reply to Vice President of IOA Sudhanshu Mittal after returning to his office.

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Batra’s statement has come after a day when Sudhanshu Mittal filed a complaint against Batra to International Olympic Committee (IOC) for blatantly flouting rules.

However, Batra is under quarantine untill June 20 and will return to his office by June 22 or 23 as seven people are tested positive for Coronavirus in his house.

“This complaint filed by Sudhanshu Mittal was earlier filed in similar language against me by Mahajan President of All India Tennis Association during my election as President of IOA in 2017 before the three judges who formed the Election Commission. I had replied then also. After the election of IOA got over, my reply along with other documents was given to Secretary-General IOA by the Election Commission for IOA record,” Batra said in a letter written to IOA members.

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“I will be giving a reply for issues raised by Mittal in his June 6 email but it will be after I join the office. Since this complaint is against me hence on behalf of IOA EC, I will be sending my reply to Senior Vice President IOA R K Anand by virtue of being senior amongst the two Sr Vice Presidents in IOA EC and will copy the EC and IOA members,” he added.

Earlier, in his complaint, Mittal claimed that Batra gave a false declaration and information regarding his association with Hockey India to the International Hockey Federation (FIH) as well to the IOC.