New Delhi: In response to the Paralympic Committee of India’s (PCI) failure to conduct timely elections and comply with established guidelines, the Sports Ministry has imposed an immediate suspension on the organization.
In its suspension order issued yesterday, the Sports Ministry highlighted that the term of the PCI’s Executive Committee concluded on January 31. The last elections took place in September 2019, but due to a Delhi High Court order staying the election notification dated September 3, 2019, and restraining the returning officer from declaring the results, the elections’ outcome remained pending.
The Ministry also said that the election to form a new Committee should have been conducted before the expiry of the term of the previous Executive Committee. The Ministry further said that the upcoming elections to form a new Committee will be held on the 28th of February in Bengaluru.
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