Sports Ministry Suspends Table Tennis Federation Of India's Recognition Over Governance Failures

The Sports Ministry has suspended the recognition of the Table Tennis Federation of India with immediate effect, citing governance issues. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has been instructed to form an ad hoc committee to run the organisation until a solution arrives.

"The IOA, in consultation with the international body (ITTF) will take appropriate action to create an internal regulatory mechanism, including the constitution of an ad-hoc committee, till such time that a duly constituted governance structure is restored in TTFI," the sports ministry order stated.

The development came after TTFI failed to hold elections within the given time. The ministry also reiterated that the TTFI's answer to a show cause notice wasn't satisfactory and these factors worked behind the decision which led to the suspension.

This is not the first time the Table Tennis Federation of India hogged the limelight. Earlier, Manika Batra accused the federation of not having a transparent selection process for the Asian games took to social media to express her disappointment. TTFI selected the squad based on a policy that allocates 50 per cent weightage to national rankings, 40 per cent to world rankings and 10 per cent to the selection committee's discretion.

(With ANI Inputs)