Fed up with impasse, IBF state units set to meet on Oct 6

Suspended internationally for almost a year, the Indian Boxing Federation is all set for a massive churning with a majority of its state units deciding to meet here on October 6 to form an ad-hoc body to approve a new constitution and finalise the date of a Special General Meeting.
Out of the 35 IBF units, comprising 31 states and four Boards, 24 are expected to attend the meeting which will try to find a way forward.
"The state units after much though have decided to meet on October 6. The idea is to adopt whatever has been suggested by AIBA because that is the only way forward from the current situation. A majority of the state units will attend this meeting," IBF vice-President Brig. P K Muralidharan Raja, who was the Secretary General in the previous set-up, told PTI.

"A majority of the state units want a clear picture as to what is happening. They want the directives given by the International Boxing Association (AIBA) to be followed as it is" he said.
The ad-hoc committee is expected to be either three or five-member.
Bengal, Chattisgarh, Nagaland, Jharkhand, Manipur, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh are among the the state units which are expected to attend the meeting.
"I am definitely coming for this meeting because the situation needs to be tackled. It has been almost a year of suspension, this has to be sorted, how long can we sit on it and wait for things to happen?" said Bengal representative and IBF Vice-President Asit Banerjee.

The IBF was provisionally suspended last year in December due to the IOC's ban on the IOA and "possible manipulation" in elections during which Rajasthan BJP MLA Abhishek Matoria took over as President with Rajesh Bhandari as Secretary General.