Sports Ministry advises IOA to discharge functions of RFI

The Union Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry has advised the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to constitute a committee for discharging the functions of the Rowing Federation of India (RFI).On Wednesday, the Sports Ministry de-recognised RFI for violating the Sports Code of 2011 during its elections held in December. In the RFI elections held on December 6 in Hyderabad, Rajlaxmi Singh Deo and MV Sriram were elected as president and secretary-general respectively.But the Ministry, in a letter to the RFI president, said that the said elections were not in accordance with the Sports Code and hence the recognition of the national rowing body stands cancelled."Upon examination of the matter (from the reports of the Returning Officer and government observer), it has been found that the said elections of the RFI are not in accordance with the Model Elections Guidelines prescribed in the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011," the letter from the Ministry said."... it has been ...