News: ‘Gala time’ ahead for Rowing Federation of India

In January last month, the Sports Ministry had suspended the Rowing Federation of India over violating the Sports Code of 2011 during its elections held on December 6. In the elections held in Hyderabad, Rajlaxmi Singh Deo and M. V. 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. The Ministry also wrote to the Indian Olympic Association to constitute an ad-hoc committee to discharge the functions of the RFI.