Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president N. Ramachandran has dismissed the call for a Special General Meeting (SGM) to consider the no-confidence motion, on the ground that it did not meet the requirement of written request from 50 per cent of the member units.
In a letter to Dr. Narinder Batra, the IOA president stated: “the total number of letters received by the IOA office and the undersigned till date from the member units do not exceed 20. Several of these letters also suffer from infirmities.
“The rules clearly mandate a written requisition to be sent to the president signed by the presidents and secretaries of not less than 50 per cent member units. In these circumstances, the SGM cannot be called.”
