IOC gives IOA March 1 deadline on Suresh Kalmadi

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has shot off a third letter to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), demanding to know the action taken on its beleaguered president Suresh Kalmadi.

In the letter addressed to acting president VK Malhotra, the IOC has directed the IOA to furnish by March 1 the details on the latest status on Kalmadi and what action it is planning to take.

“We had written to them recently that Malhotra will continue to have all the powers of the president, but they want a few specific details which we will have to provide them with,” an IOA source said.

The IOA has called an emergency meeting of its executive board here on March 2 to discuss the issue. “The meeting has been called to discuss letters received from the IOC,” the source added.

The IOC has threatened to act on its own if the national sports apex body does not furnish what action it is going to take against Kalmadi.