Indian boxing officials in process of drafting new constitution
Source: The Sangai Express /IANS
Imphal, February 17 2016:
India's boxing officials said on Tuesday
that they are in the process of drafting a new constitution and also
forming a new national body to ensure that pugilists do not suffer.
The Indian Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) has been
de-recognised by the International Boxing Association (AIBA)
and the sport is in the hands of an ad-hoc body set up by the
Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
On Tuesday, the AIBA's co-ordination board held a meet-
ing here with 18 state units including Manipur, Bengal,
Odisha, Haryana, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand,
Assam and Meghalaya to discuss the formation of a new
national boxing body.
"We have placed our draft constitution
for the national federation.
All state units has been asked to
send their observations to the adhoc committee (set up by the
world body) at the earliest," coordination board member, Asit
Banerjee told journalists here on the sidelines of the 12th
South Asian Games.
The co-ordination board meeting, which was also attended
by members of the AIBA's ad-hoc committee for India, AIBA
executive committee vice-chairman Kishen Narsi and con-
venor of the AIBA's ad-hoc committee for Indian boxing Jay
Kowli, asked the state units to send their observations on the
circulated draft constitution within seven days.
"Once we
receive their observations and recommendations we will then
forward the same to AIBA (world body) for further ratifica-
tion," Banerjee said.
"We do not want our boxers to suffer because of us.
We
wanted to resolve this issue before the Rio Olympics," he
added.