N Ramachandran Elected Unopposed as President of Indian Olympic Association(IOA)Sunday Feb 09,2014

World Squash Federation president N. Ramachandran - brother of Board of Control for Cricket in India boss N. Srinivasan - was elected unopposed as president of Indian Olympic Association(IOA) in Delhi on Sunday Feb 09,2014

The elections, which were conducted by a three-member election commission of the IOA, was preceded by a Special Governing Body Meeting that saw an amendment in the IOA constitution

While World Squash Federation president N. Ramachandran was elected as president, Kho Kho Federation of India president Rajeev Mehta and All India Tennis Association chief Anil Khanna were elected unopposed as secretary general and treasurer, respectively. CEO of Swimming Federation of India, Virender Nanavati has been voted as senior vice-president.

NOTE -Neither Squash nor Kho-Kho are Olympic Events

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India were suspended by the IOC in December 2012 for electing tainted men like Bhanot (secretary general) and Abhay Singh Chautala (president).

 IOC insisted that IOA must adhere to the Olympic Charter and that charge-sheeted persons should not be allowed to contest elections.

 IOA paid the price for defying the parent body saying the law of the land allowed Bhanot and Chautala to occupy chairs in the national Olympic committee.

 Under increasing pressure from the IOC, India's sports ministry and Clean Sports India - a movement for a corruption-free sports in the country - India agreed to hold fresh elections