Ousted Boxing India President Sandeep Jajodia is unwilling to give up just yet and has sought a meeting with International Boxing Association (AIBA) to discuss what he calls an “externally engineered” revolt against him.
Jajodia the industrialist, who took charge of BI in September last year, also tried to strike a conciliatory note with the rebelling state units, insisting that their discontent with him has been actively fuelled by the IOA. “We are in touch with AIBA, we have told them what the BI constitution says. We have told them everything, it’s in their knowledge. I will meet AIBA President personally, I have already sought an appointment,” he said.
The IOA had steadfastly refused to grant recognition to BI. “If AIBA expels BI for this illegal SGM, then what will I doIJ I feel the IOA’s adamant stand shook up the state units. They feared that IOA might create parallel bodies and make them irrelevant. They got worried and therefore they stalled a functional body. It was a result of external forces,” Jajodia said.