Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said the government is very much open to relaxing the clause in the proposed National Sports Code which bars Ministers, MPs and MLAs to be part of sports administration in the country.
Ahead of his first-ever formal meeting with officials of National Sports Federations (NSFs) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Rijiju said a Sports Code which is acceptable to all will be put in place by the government.
"We can't single out any profession with regards to governance of the sport. It would be wrong to say that businessmen cannot take part in sports federations or politicians and officers cannot take part then who will run sport?" asked Rijiju.
"It is not about the profession it is about how suitable one is to run the sports federation. We cannot single out any person of any background. What is in the best interest of sport will be put in the Sports Code."
"Why courts are intervening in sporting matters? If they are required to intervene it means there is a failure of sports mechanism. There will be no issue because all are on board whether it is IOA or NSFs. Sports Code will be reviewed with full consensus."
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