Anil Khanna, Janardan Gehlot to become IOA Sr VP and VP

Top tennis official Anil Khanna and former president of kabaddi's national federation Janardan Singh Gehlot will be elected unopposed as a senior vice president and a vice president of the Indian Olympic Association in its Annual General Body Meeting on December 22.

Returning Officer Devender Kumar Nailwal, a retired District Judge, has issued an order, stating that no elections will be held for the post of the senior vice president and vice president as only one nomination has been received for each of the two posts.

Khanna, a former All India Tennis Association president and currently the chief of the Asian Tennis Federation, is the only candidate left in the fray for the post of one senior vice president. He also currently holds key posts in the International Tennis Federation.

He served as a treasurer in the previous regime headed by N Ramachandran and was also initially a presidential candidate in the polls held in December last but withdrew later to pave the way for Narinder ...