Sushil Kumar

Sushil Kumar

Question: Who has been re-elected the President of School Games Federation of India(SGFI)?
(a) Deepak Kumar
(b) Sushil Kumar
(c) Sakshi Malik
(d) Gautam Gambhir
Answer: (b)
Related facts

  • Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar has been re-elected as the president of the School Games Federation of India (SGFI).
  • Also, Vijay Santan will serve as the secretary.
  • SGFI elections were conducted as per the 2011 National Sports Development Code of India.
  • According to the sports ministry’s directive, SGFI left out those candidates who had been charged with some kind of misconduct.
  • The SGFI elections were held in December last year at Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu. However the government canceled the elections on the grounds of violation of the provisions of the National Sports Code.
  • The Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs then had issued a directive for re-election as per the National Sports Code, 2011 guidelines.

By-Amar Mani Upadhyay

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https://thedailyguardian.com/sushil-kumar-re-elected-as-school-games-federation-of-india-president/