J B Roy camp complains to Negre, plans to meet IOC chief
New Delhi, July 28 (PTI) International Hockey Federation (FIH) chief Leandro Negre today had a first hand experience of the turmoil that plagues Indian hockey when Bengal state association president JB Roy came calling with a complaint that the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was “killing” the sport in the country.
A day after Negre announced the title sponsor for the 2010 World Cup to be held here, he met Roy and Amrit Bose, Secretary of the Indian Women’s Hockey Federation (IWHF), who complained about the IOA high-handedness in the formation of Hockey India and its impending elections.
“It was pointed out to him that the IOA was interfering in the democratic process by announcing a three-member committee to form the state bodies and instructing these bodies not to admit anybody without the permission of its favorites, Lalit Bhanot and Harish Sharma,” the JB Roy camp said in a statement.