Overview

• Nominations closed on August 4 with Anurag Thakur and Rajesh Bhandari endorsed as HPBA’s representatives in the August 21 presidential contest.
• The lawsuit filed on nomination deadline day argues that interim committee amendments to the BFI constitution lacked executive council ratification.
• The petition disputes new eligibility criteria that require state unit nominees to be duly elected members notified to the federation.
• Former Uttarakhand High Court judge Rajesh Tandon has been appointed returning officer for the rescheduled August 21 elections.
• The Sports Ministry is maintaining a wait-and-watch stance on the election process pending the Delhi High Court’s August 18 hearing.