Federations reject Ministry’s guidelines

He hoped that the matter would be resolved before International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board meeting on June 23,failing which India face the risk of IOC suspension.

“We (IOA) had a meeting with national federations where the government guidelines came up for discussion. Everyone was firm on their stand and rejected the government’s guidelines,” Randhir said after the meeting.

“It is unfortunate that the government has issued guidelines on the autonomy of NOCs (National Olympic Committees) and NSFs. Time is running out but I am hopeful that the sports ministry will be invited by IOC and everything will be sorted out as soon as possible,” he said.

The Sports Ministry had recently sought an early meeting with IOC president Jacques Rogge to sort out the tenure limitation crisis after the international body had threatened to take up the matter in its Executive Board meeting later this month.