NEW DELHI: Indian Olympic Association’s (IOA) upcoming elections on December 10 has taken an interesting political twist with ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) heavyweight and Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, emerging as a strong contender for the president’s post.
On Monday, the returning officer (RO) for IOA’s elections, Umesh Sinha, published the electoral college after receiving the nominations from national sports federations (NSFs) of their two (one male and one female) member representatives who can vote and contest for an office-bearer’s post in the new executive council (EC).
