IOA chief PT Usha responds to executive council's allegations – ‘Remain committed to Indian sport’
This is part of the ongoing feud between the IOA president and the executive council that began with the rejection of the appointment of Raghuram Iyer as CEO.
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PT Usha, the head of the Indian Olympic Association, responded to executive council members of the association in a press release issued on Sunday who had accused the former Olympic track athlete of running the IOA in an “autocratic” manner. The response was in the form of a press release posted on her official social media account on X, formerly Twitter.
A group of IOA executive council members had written a separate letter to the International Olympic Committee on Sunday, as per reports from Hindustan Times, stating that the functioning of the IOA under Usha’s gambit was against the “democratic principles” of the national association.
This is yet another event in the ongoing feud between Usha and the IOA’s executive council that began when the former had appointed Raghuram Iyer as the Chief Executive Officer. A meeting was held on Thursday that also saw the attendance of Jerome Poivey, the head of the IOC’s Institutional Relations and Governance wing.
Sunday’s response from Usha addressed several allegations made by the EC against the former Olympian including forcing the appointment of Iyer on the board. In the press release, she stated, “One of the most egregious claims made by these EC members is questioning Mr. Raghuram Iyer's appointment as IOA Chief Executive Officer. It...
