Raninder Singh re-elected as the president of NRAI

After the elections President, NRAI, Mr. Raninder Singh said, “I am honoured and humbled that the members have reposed faith in my leadership. Together we have achieved a lot for Indian Shooting and the time has now come to take it to another level.” He further added, “This election was not about the chair but about its basic capability to be autonomous, yet at the same time not be violative of a National Sports Code we genuinely welcome and voluntarily follow. Indeed, the strength the Code provides us, has and will continue to support us in presenting clarity and strength to discharge our duty to the sport and its athletes. But more importantly, not allow shadowy mentors of dubious challengers to politicise.”

Mr. Kanwar Sultan Singh, Mr. Randeep Mann and Mr. Kalikesh Narayan Singh Deo were also elected unopposed on the day as the Secretary-General, Treasurer and Senior Vice President of the NRAI, respectively.

A total of eight Vice-President’s were elected which included: Mr. Ajay H.Patel; Mr. Amit Sanghi; Mr. Ashok J.Pandit; Mr. Ashok Mittal; Mr. John Kharshiing; Ms. Putul Kumari; Ms. Sushma Singh and Mr. Verinder Kumar Dhall.

The elections were held under the aegis of Returning Officer (RO) Justice (retd) Mehtab Singh Gill as well as Additional Returning Officer Justice (retd) Inderjeet Singh Walia. Mr. Chander Mukhi Sharma, the Secretary-General of the Basketball Federation of India (BFI) was present as the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) observer while Mr. Adille J Sumariwalla, President, Athletics Federation of India (AFI) was present as the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) observer. Former World No.1, Olympian and Guanzhou Asian Games Gold Medallist, Ronjan Sodhi was also a part of the election process as the Eminent Sportsperson Observer.