Defense Minister Rajnath Singh’s son Pankaj will become the president of CFI.

New Delhi. Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Noida MLA Pankaj Singh is all set to be declared the president of the Cycling Federation of India (CFI) on Saturday as he is the only candidate for the top post. Not only Pankaj, all the other 24 members of the CFI’s executive council will also be elected unopposed during the election meeting at Nainital in Uttarakhand on Saturday.

Pankaj will replace former Punjab minister Parminder Singh Dhindsa who is ineligible to contest elections under the Sports Code after serving three terms (12 years since 2011) as CFI president. Pankaj, son of Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, was briefly the president of the Fencing Association of India but resigned from the post in April last year. He cited his commitments as an MLA in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for this. Outgoing general secretary Maninder Pal Singh will be elected for a second consecutive term as he is the only candidate for the post.

Sudesh Kumar of Kerala will be the treasurer. A President, a Senior Vice President, six Vice Presidents, a General Secretary, a Treasurer, six Joint Secretaries and nine members of the Executive Council will be elected during the election. The election for all 25 posts will be unopposed. Returning officer Justice (retd) RK Gauba announced the final list of candidates on Wednesday. The election process began on 24 March.

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