IOA elections: Anil Khanna withdraws nomination from president's post

Top tennis official Anil Khanna on 7 December withdrew his candidature for the post of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president.

In a statement, Khanna said, "In order to keep the IOA family united and to ensure that common friends are not put in a difficult situation while deciding who to vote for, I have decided to withdraw my candidature as president of IOA from the current election in favour of Dr Narinder Dhruv



Batra."

Before Khanna's withdrawal, there was a straight two-way fight between him and International Hockey Federation president Narinder Batra for the post.

Khanna also mentioned that he was not expecting to file the nomination; however, the circumstances made him to file his name for the post of both the president and senior vice president on the last day.