IBF state units want Prez, Secretary General to attend meeting

It is all set to be a full-blown revolt but the Indian Boxing Federation's state units have still invited the suspended body's President and Secretary General to attend their October 6 meeting despite the duo's attempts to stop the gathering from taking place.
Suspended internationally for almost a year, the Indian Boxing Federation's state units have decided 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.
The ad-hoc committee is expected to be either three or five-member.
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.

But IBF Secretary General Rajesh Bhandari has sent out a mail to the state associations, asking them not to attend the meeting, calling it "illegal".
"I suggest Mr Bhandari and IBF President Abhishek Matoria should attend this meeting because it is basically an exchange of ideas. If they can convince the units about their plans to end the impasse, then they will be with them," IBF Vice President Brig PK Muralidharan Raja, who is backing the state units, said today.

"It is a collective decision of the state units because everybody wants to know what is the way forward. India has been suspended for a year now and if we don't work out a solution than our boxers won't be allowed anywhere," he added.

The IBF Secretary General, on the other hand, has set aside October 20 as the date for a General body meeting that too if the International Boxing Association approves the IBF Constitution which has been amended to make it compliant with the AIBA statute.
"Even on that front, none of the state units are aware as to what the IBF has agreed to, there is no clarity. The state units have been completely ignored in the entire process. The October 20 meet that Mr Bhandari has proposed is subject to the constitution being approved," explained Brig Raja.