The Indian athletes will not be allowed to compete under the tricolour but could be permitted to compete under the IOC flag. The Olympic Council of Asia and the Commonwealth Games Federation are also expected to follow suit, which will result in similar sanctions as far as the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games are concerned.
The IOC had been threatening —in a series of letters in the past few days to slap sanctions on India for following the government's Sports Code in the IOA elections, which the international body insists is against the Olympic charter. The adherence to the Sports Code has been interpreted as "government interference in the Olympic movement" by the IOC.
The suspension came just a day before the IOA elections, which top IOA officials said would go ahead as per schedule . IOA is holding the elections on the directive of the Delhi high court which has asked the sports body to conduct the polls as per its own constitution as well as the Sports Code. "We are going ahead with the elections. We are yet to receive any official communication from the IOC. Let us get that first, which we will place before IOA's AGM tomorrow," IOA acting president Vijay Malhotra told TOI.
IOC took the decision after it snubbed IOA's bid to send a two-member delegation to explain its position. IOA's incoming president Abhey Singh Chautala termed the decision as "one-sided" . "IOA has sent a letter to IOC regarding sending two officials to discuss the issue . There was no response from IOC. This is a one-sided decision," he told reporters.
It has been learnt that IOC member in India, Randhir Singh, did not attend the meeting in Lausanne since the members of countries which are facing sanctions are usually asked to stay away from the meeting.
That the suspension was imminent was evident from the development in the run-up to the elections. After a series of letters asking IOA to follow the Olympic charter, the IOC gave the first warning of suspension on November 23. Another warning came five days ago.
Interestingly, IOC's decision has been welcomed by some former and current sportspersons who feel it presents an opportunity to cleanse the mess in IOA. "As a patriotic sportsperson,this is the most embarrassing moment for me," shooter Moraad Ali Khan told TOI. "However, given the mess in Indian sports in the last few years, this could be the best thing to happen."
Sports minister Jitendra Singh termed the IOC's move as an "unfortunate decision" .
"It is a very unfortunate decision for the sporting community . I still don't know the details but once we learnt about the mess we wrote to the IOC. They never responded."
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