Published Thu, Jul 01 10 02:58 PM
Mumbai, Jul 1 (PTI) The Center''s directive to the National Sports Federations (NSF) to ensure fix tenure and age limit of its office-bearers is an interference in the working of sports bodies and is not welcomed but the sports bodies too should be willing to introspect their roles, say experts. Maharashtra Olympic Association Vice-President Ashok Pandit said that while the sports bodies would not tolerate any threat to their autonomy, the government should use diplomacy to convince them of its policies. "Nobody likes interference, but definitely we have to involve the government although not at the cost of our autonomy. Mr M S Gill (Union Sports Minister) who introduced this debate is against people who are aged 75 in sports bodies, but he himself is over 75," Pandit said during a panel discussion on ''IOA''s autonomy & Govt Interference: Desirable and Undesirable'' held as part of the Olympic Week celebrations here last night. "The Sports Minister should come out with certain policies which is acceptable to all people. The government should involve diplomacy to convince the sports bodies. We have to involve them to discuss and debate how to promote sports in the country," he said. .
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