Pl read this thread in continuation of my last one on the regressive nature of the Sports Bill 2025 being anti-sports.

I am highlighting herein 11 more critical issues which no one else has raised.

Must complement this Govt for incredible media & stakeholder management👏
(1/n) XIV. No Tenure Restriction Govt Servants

Currently Govt Servants are permitted to contest elections in cases they have prior permission for the same and can govern only for 1 term or 5 yrs whichever is less.

Under the Sports Bill, there is no such tenure restriction.
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A thread on the shameless Sports Bill 2025 being tabled in Parliament today. Unfortunately not a single political leader or any of the political parties has questioned/objected to the highly regressive & draconian provisions of the Bill.
As the saying goes, “Is hamam mein sab…?” Here is why the so called “National Sports Governance Bill 2025” (in short Sports Bill) which is being tabled today by Modi Government’s Sports Minister in Lok Sabha going to prove to be the death knell of Indian Sports.

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How can the mighty Indian government lead by super strong pro athlete PM @narendramodi have such a tame & timid Union Sports Minister in @mansukhmandviya
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Age and tenure limit in Sports Bill could be watered down: Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya indianexpress.com/article/sports… who has completely given up on athlete interest as also well established good governance principles and international best practices duly approved by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and top Indian courts including Delhi HC?

Why else would one do away with the

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Hopefully when tomorrows CAS verdict is pronounced and due to billion+ prayers &grace of God @Phogat_Vinesh does end up winning that legitimate, well fought & hard earned Olympic Silver medal we must not forget all those who abandoned her by leaving her entirely to her own
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Missing 👇
A) Suspended Wrestling Federation Of India (WFI) & its boss Sanjay Singh

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As Paris 2024 Olympics comes to an end, India has finished 70th on the Medals table but the Indian Govt, IOA & Nita M Ambani as the only IOC member from India are all keen on bidding for Olympic Games in 2036.

My personal take on whether India should place such a bid👇

(1/n) 1. I believe that India, a third world sporting nation, though aspiring to be a first world economic power, must not get carried away and undertake such lavish wasteful expenditure of tens of billions of dollars on hosting Olympic Games in 2036 at least for now.

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After speaking with extremely reliable sources in India and in Paris, the following seems to have happened once @Phogat_Vinesh was weighed-in and subsequently disqualified at the Paris Olympic.

Sequence leading up to filing of the CAS appeal and who actually filed it👇

(1/n) 1. During Olympic Games, every host city (in this case Paris) has to have a panel of pro bono lawyers which is set up during the period of the Games to fight cases on behalf of athletes;

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Let’s be clear about one thing.
Every Indian institution, be it the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), Indian Olympic Association (IOA) or the Ministry Of Youth Affairs (GOI) all kept opposing @Phogat_Vinesh over the last 2yrs during wrestlers protest including in DelHC. (1/n) WFI is currently headed by Sanjay Singh, proxy & close aide of criminally charged Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh (BBSS) on account of sexual harassment. WFI allegedly did everything it could to ensure Vinesh doesn’t make it through the trials or qualify for Paris Olympics. (2/n)

Key takeaways from the landmark judgement pronounced yesterday in my PIL:

1. Objective of Sports Code is adoption of good governance practices by NSFs.

2. Government’s exhortations to IOA and NSFs to comply with the Sports Code have remained merely that – exhortations. 3. Provision for expansion of size of Executive Committee of NSFs to be used prudently and sparingly.

4. Sports Code applies to IOA in full measure.

5. No room for a permanent post in an NSF including IOA. Such posts are struck down as illegal.

JUST IN:
DB of DelhiHC comprising of Justice Manmohan and Justice Waziri deliver a landmark judgment in my PIL on sports. This has the potential of cleaning up sports administration in IOA and all other sports bodies from national to State level benefiting sports & sportspersons DHC while allowing my petition has accepted all the issues raised by me and has held that:-
1. General Body as also EC must have minimum 25% representation with voting rights of eminent players with outstanding merit;
2. Age&Tenure restriction shall be applicable on all officials

SC must initiate contempt proceedings on the application filed by COA appointed by it wherein COA has alleged that Parul Patel and some of the State Federation bosses have procured a letter threatening ban by FIFA in case eminent players are inducted in AIFFs General Assembly.

https://twitter.com/ani/status/1559340118749499392

All objections raised by AIFF/State bosses pertaining to representation of eminent players was heard and dismissed by SC in its interim order date 03.08.22. Patel & others have allegedly tried to interfere in the administration of justice for which they must be punished by SC.