IOA Defies IOC, Holds Election

Newly elected IOA Secretary General Lalit Bhanot, center, talks to IOA members during a break in voting Wednesday in New Delhi.

The Indian Olympic Association went ahead with its Annual General Meeting and elections Wednesday, "defying the ban imposed by the IOC," according to the PTI. IOA acting President V.K. Malhotra said, "The house unanimously decided that we did not do anything wrong by going ahead with the election process. We had already communicated to the IOC that the IOA will have to go ahead with the elections under the sports code because of the Delhi High Court order." Malhotra said that the IOA has "sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the matter." Malhotra: "We are hoping to sort the issue by sitting together with the representatives of IOC, IOA and the government.