New Delhi: Union Sports Minister M.S. Gill on Friday skipped a meeting called for regulating the sports federations, ostensibly because he missed his flight from Chandigarh.
Gill was to attend a meeting on "need of regulating the sports bodies" organised by think tank the Policy Planning Group.
However, the organisers announced at the last minute that Gill had missed his flight to Delhi after he was caught up in traffic jam on his way from Shimla.
Gill's non-appearance came on a day the Delhi High Court quashed the central government's order derecognizing a national sports body and termed the action as illegal.
The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had de-recognised the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), a move that was endorsed by the sports ministry.
Two days ago, four Rajya Sabha members had questioned Gill for writing to the International Olympic Council that the Indian parliamentarians wanted the sport bodies to be regulated.
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