Himachal Pradesh High Court directs BFI to allow Thakur’s nomination in its polls

New Delhi: Former sports minister Anurag Thakur’s bid to contest the Boxing Federation of India’s presidential election was brought back on track after the Himachal Pradesh High Court stayed his disqualification from the Electoral College and directed the BFI to extend the date of nominations to enable his candidature.
Thakur, who is also a Lok Sabha MP from Hamirpur, was declared ineligible after a March 7 order by BFI President Ajay Singh which stated that only elected members were qualified to be a part of the electoral process.
Thakur was seeking to represent Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association in the EC and was declared not to be an elected member.
However, Justice Ajay Mohan Goel on Thursday ruled that the Electoral College approved by Returning Officer R K Gauba on March 13, which left out Thakur, “is prima facie bad and not sustainable in law.”