Meghna Ahlawat was once elected president of the Table Tennis Federation of India on Monday with former stalwart Kamlesh Mehta elected secretary normal. Patel Nagender Reddy was once elected treasurer.
Ahlawat, who’s the spouse of Haryana deputy leader minister Dushyant Chautala, contested in opposition to Gujarat house minister Harsh Sanghvi.
A compromise was once reached between the 2 factions at the eve of the elections. However, because the time limit for the withdrawal of nominations was once over, returning officer Justice (retd) Vineet Saran made up our minds to move forward with the elections on Monday, in line with resources. Elections had been held for 25 posts, 3 of that have been reserved for ladies.
The Delhi High Court had suspended TTFI in February and appointed a Committee of Administrators (CoA) to take over its functioning. The judgment got here after lady’s India No 1 Manika Batra petitioned the courtroom alleging match-fixing in opposition to the nationwide trainer all the way through Tokyo Olympics qualifiers. She contended that the then nationwide trainer Soumyadeep Roy had requested her to concede a tournament in opposition to compatriot Sutirtha Mukherjee—she was once additionally his academy trainee.
The courtroom appointed a three-member committee to seem into the allegations.
Dushyant Chautala was once the former TTFI president. The Delhi High Court had barred individuals of the suspended govt board from collaborating within the elections.
The elections are an enormous aid because the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) Executive Committee had proposed the suspension of TTFI. The international frame’s govt committee is lately assembly in Jordan.
