IOA appoints BFI chief Govindraj as observer for RFI elections

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Monday appointed Basketball Federation of India (BFI) president K Govindraj as its observer for the Rowing Federation of India's (RFI) elections, to be held in Hyderabad on February 22.

This was confirmed by IOA president Narinder Batra in a letter to the BFI chief.

"To our telephonic discussion and your confirmation we are pleased to appoint you as IOA observer for elections of the Rowing Federation of India on 22nd February, 2020 and will request you to submit your report to IOA after the elections," Batra said in the letter.

Batra also marked a copy of his letter to RFI president Rajlakshmi Singh Deo, and asked Govindraj to directly get in touch with her and the IOA office for logistical arrangements.

Batra's move to appoint the observer came after he took a dig at IOA secretary general Rajeev Mehta for "unilaterally deciding to cease RFI election process".

"You (Mehta) had confirmed to me on phone that you will meet me to discuss on the RFI .