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IOA plans to hold WFI elections on July 4

Thakur had assured the wresters that the government will not allow any of the family member or associates of outgoing WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh to contest elections, following which the wrestlers had halted their stir till June 15

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Wrestlers' protest, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (Pic: AFP)

Wrestlers' protest, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (Pic: AFP)

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) is all set to conduct the impending Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) elections on July 4, having appointed former Jammu and Kashmir High Court Chief Justice Mahesh Mittal Kumar as the returning officer. The elections will be conducted at the Special General Meeting of the WFI.

"IOA has to take steps forward to conduct elections of the WFI Executive Committee and we are pleased to appoint you as a returning officer to conduct the elections of the WFI. You many consider appointing one assistant returning officer and other staff to assist in conducting the elections," the IOA wrote in its letter to justice Mittal Kumar.

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