In an unprecedented transfer, eight state tennis associations, affiliated with AITA, have proposed to maneuver a no confidence movement towards President Anil Jain and an Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) has been known as on September 28 in New Delhi for the aim. Interestingly, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) has known as the EGM on the day it’s scheduled to carry its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and conduct elections, the results of which might’t be declared and are to be submitted to the Delhi High Court in a sealed envelop.
Jain, who’s a BJP Rajya Sabha MP, is going through the fees of “loading the affiliation along with his private ‘entitled’ bills by travelling along with his household overseas a number of occasions.” The state items that proposed the no-confidence movement are: Assam, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu and Tripura.
If the no confidence movement is handed, Jain will stop to be AITA President. Never within the historical past of Indian tennis has the top of the federation been eliminated on this trend.
Jain was elected the AITA President unopposed in September 2020, changing Praveen Mahajan. He served as AITA Vice President earlier than that from 2016-2020.
When contacted by PTI, Jain mentioned the state items have opened the entrance towards him as a result of he suggested them to observe Sports Code through the upcoming elections.
“This EGM is illegitimate. A 3-week discover is required to name any assembly. This assembly is null and void. I’ll take authorized motion. Clause 15 of AITA structure explains the method to name conferences. You cannot ship a discover on twenty third of a month and name a gathering on the twenty eighth.
“Is this their method to penalise me for saying that they have to observe Sports Code? All of them will probably be disqualified as a result of this Electoral College is improper. If I’ve executed something improper, I’ll go,” Jain mentioned.
However, an official from the state associations mentioned there are extra allegations towards Jain and it is not a difficulty of following the Sports Code.
“Who says we aren’t following Sports Code? We are Code-compliant. We won’t ever go towards the regulation of the land. This isn’t about Sports Code. If this was the problem, why he didn’t say something when the EC assembly was held final month and AGM and elections have been introduced.
“This is the time to wash the system, that is the time to help the gamers and alter the face of Indian tennis. We are united on this. We have a succesful group to do it. You will see Indian tennis altering after these elections,” he mentioned. One of state associations accused Jain of utilizing his place in AITA for private good points.
“Setting apart all of the rules of excellent governance, he has used the AITA Trust for his private hidden agenda by turning into a everlasting trustee in his particular person capability as an alternative of being in ex-officio capability,” a state affiliation wrote to AITA on September 21.
“All the members of AITA, have up to now remained silent with a view to keep up dignity and cohesiveness throughout the fraternity of AITA.”
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