India's Sports Ministry on Wednesday suspended the recognition of the Paralympic Committee of India "with immediate effect for poor management and conduct of National Para Athletics Championships in Ghaziabad in March," according to the PTI. The ministry said that an inquiry conducted by Sports Authority of India has found that "the PCI has failed miserably in providing adequate facilities to the para-athletes during the March 20-22 Ghaziabad event." The government's action came a week after IPC on April 15 suspended the PCI "indefinitely" for infighting and poor treatment of the para-athletes. The PCI "was earlier served a show-cause notice by the ministry to explain why it should not be de-recognized for the Ghaziabad fiasco." The ministry, in its order on Wednesday, said that the PCI has not been functioning in the best interest of para-sport for which it was granted recognition, "as there has been large scale dis-satisfaction among players and other stakeholders and hence it has violated the terms and conditions of recognition as well as provisions of its own constitution" (PTI, 4/22).
