Mukesh Kumar elected as president of Judo Federation of India

Imphal: Mukesh Kumar has been unanimously elected as the President of the Judo Federation of India (JFI) during its Annual General Body Meeting, which was attended by 56 representatives from the member units here.

Man Mohan Jaiswal of Rajasthan was elected the General Secretary, while Yashbeer Singh of Uttarakhand as treasurer on Sunday. A list of EC members elected in the meeting is enclosed. After the election, the newly elected president said he would make all possible efforts to develop the sport in the country and give the jodokas facilities so that they could get medals for India in the Asian Games to be held next year. The election was conducted under the supervision of Retd. Justice Y K Sangal, as Chairman, election commission, and Returning Officer for the election was Advocate Akshay Sahni. Subhash Basumatari, an officer from Sports Authority of India attended the election meeting as Government Observer. PTI