Legendary PT Usha elected as first woman president of Indian Olympic Association

Legendary jock Pilavullakandi Thekkeraparambil Usha or noble metal Usha was elective because the 1st girl president of Indian Olympic Association (IOA). The 58-year-old Ms. Usha, a multiple Asian Games gold medallist and fourth-place finisher within the 1984 l. a. Olympic Games 400m hurdles final, was declared elective unopposed for the highest post within the polls. The elections were command below the management of Supreme Court-appointed retired SC decide L Nageswara Rao. Usha emerged because the lone candidate for the highest post, as no one was willing to fight against Usha, UN agency was nominative to the Rajya Sabha by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Gregorian calendar month.

Apart from Usha, Ajay Patel of National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has been elective unopposed as senior vice-president. Olympic medalist shooter Gagan Narang and row Federation of India president Rajlaxmi Singh Deo are elective unopposed as vice presidents. Indian bodybuilding Federation (IWF) president Sahdev Yadav has been elective the money handler. All India soccer Federation (AIFF) president and former goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey has been elective unopposed because the joint secretary (male).Alaknanda Ashok of court game Association of India (BAI) was elective as joint secretary (female) when rising winner during a trilateral battle. Shalini Thakur Chawla and Suman Kaushik were conjointly within the fray.