Batra unopposed elected HI president

Narinder Batra was Monday unopposed elected the president of Hockey India while Mushtaque Ahmad was elected secretary general as the national hockey federation elected its new office-bearers for a four-year term here Monday.

Rajinder Singh from Hockey Jammu and Kashmir was unanimously elected treasurer and outgoing president Mariamma Koshy was declared senior vice-president in the fourth Congress which was conducted by Returning Officer Justice Aruna Suresh under the watchful eyes of Hira Ballabh, ED, Finance Sports Authority of India, and Indian Olympic Association Observer Kuldeep Vats.

"We welcome on board the new Office-Bearers and I am confident that they share the same vision of Hockey India, and with their coming on board they will now be responsible for taking ahead the legacy of Hockey in India," Batra said in a statement.

"Also, being appointed as an unopposed president, I feel overwhelmed with the trust and faith that the members have showed in me. I shall strive to live up to the new role that I am stepping into and hoping to justice to it," he added.

Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, was the honoured guest at the congress.