Tenure limits for Kalmadi and others

The National Sports Federation (NSF) chiefs were up in arms on Sunday against the government charter to limit their tenure, saying they would move the Supreme Court to thwart the move.

The sports ministry on Sunday modified a 1975 regulation which seeks to end the prolonged reign of a number of politicians, businessmen and bureaucrats who have been running the NSFs for more than a decade.

The regulation means the Indian Olympic Association president, Mr Suresh Kalmadi, and several NSF chiefs including Mr V.K. Malhotra (archery), Mr Digvijay Singh (shooting), Mr Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (cycling) and Mr V.K. Verma (badminton) can’t seek a re-election after their term expires. The BJP leader Mr Malhotra and Congress’ Mr Digvijay Singh termed the move as ‘ridiculous’.