Hockey Jharkhand not to participate in Olympic Association meeting

Jamshedpur: Hockey Jharkhand today directed its affiliated district committees not to take part in a meeting convened by the Jharkhand Olympic Association (JOA) in connection with formation of Hockey Jharkhand.

Describing the meeting convened by JOA on March 16 at Ranchi as “unconstitutional”, Pir Mohammad, general secretary of Hockey Jharkhand, in a press statement here today stated that a letter in this regard sent to Hockey Jharkhand by JOA on February 23 was received by it today, which was in itself a mockery as the letter has taken over a fortnight’s time to reach its destination.

Pir Mohammad said Hockey Jharkhand headed by TP Sinha, an advisor to former Jharkhand governor K Shankarnarayanan, was already formed and was affiliated by Hockey India on the recommendations of JOA in December last year.

When Hockey Jharkhand headed by Sinha has already been formed in the state, what was the relevance of calling a meeting to discuss about its formation, he asked while directing its district committees not to take part in the meeting which has nothing to do with Hockey Jharkhand.