New Delhi: A four-member delegation led by Hockey Punjab secretary Pargat Singh today met with Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi and sought his intervention in having a free, fair and transparent Hockey India election at the earliest.
Pargat met Rahul along with Bengal Hockey Association
secretary Gurbax Singh, former Indian Women's Hockey
Federation chief Amrit Bose and Rajasthan Hockey Association
president Dr Raj Kumar, on whose petition the High Court has
stayed the operations of Hockey Rajasthan, the single unit
representing both men and women's hockey of the state.
"We met Rahul Gandhi today and asked for his intervention
in the much-awaited Hockey India elections. We told him that
we want is a free, fair, genuine and transparent elections
involving all state units as soon as possible," Pargat told
agency.
"He (Rahul) assured us that he will talk to the Sports
Ministry and do the needful in this regard," the former Indian
captain said.
Pargat felt that after the successful hosting of the
World Cup, now it is imperative to form the national body at
the earliest to run the game in the country in a democratic
manner.
"All these days we did not raise the issue as the World
Cup was there. The World Cup was a prestige issue for us and
it went off well. Now the focus should be on the elections,"
he said.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 20:06