In Sirohi, the District Olympic Association election was held in defiance of a High Court stay order. The current president has called it open contempt of court.
This dispute is related to the election of the Sirohi District Olympic Association. It is alleged that the Secretary-General of the Rajasthan State Olympic Association, Surendra Gurjar, illegally formed an ad-hoc committee.
Bhik Singh Deora was appointed the convener of this committee, who allegedly acted arbitrarily in this process.
Bhik Singh Deora is accused of appointing himself as the election officer. Subsequently, he released his own voter list and announced the election schedule.
Against this one-sided and arbitrary process, the current legal president of the Sirohi District Olympic Association, Jitendra Singh Chauhan, took legal action.
Jitendra Singh Chauhan filed a petition in the Hon'ble Rajasthan High Court, Jodhpur, through his advocate Tanwar Singh.
The case is registered under Civil Writ Petition No. 19727/2025 as 'Jitendra Singh Chauhan vs Rajasthan State Olympic Association' and is still pending today.
After hearing the arguments from both sides, the Hon'ble Court had passed a stay order in this matter. According to available documents, this stay order is still in effect to this day.
The most shocking aspect is that despite the High Court's stay being in effect, an Annual General Meeting and election program were organized under the banner of the Sirohi District Olympic Association on August 10, 2026.
In the posters and news released after this so-called election, the names of several office-bearers were announced.
These include former BJP President Suresh Kothari as Chairman, former District Head Payal Parasrampuria as Chief Patron, and Sagarmal Agarwal as Patron.
Bhik Singh Deora was declared President, Hardev Arya as Secretary-General, and Mahendra Singh Umat as Treasurer. Additionally, several other names were added contrary to the constitution.
Legal experts clearly state that when a stay order from the Hon'ble High Court is in effect in any matter, any activity on that subject falls directly into the category of Contempt of Court.
Conducting such an election, making a decision, or forming a new executive committee is not only a violation of the National Sports Code but is also against the constitution of the Indian Olympic Association.
This incident has raised several serious questions. The biggest question is, who gave the authority to conduct the election process that was stayed by the High Court? Does the Rajasthan State Olympic Association consider itself above the court?
There is immense anger among the players and sports lovers of Sirohi regarding this fake election. The current president, Jitendra Singh Chauhan, has described it as open contempt of court, stating that this incident has caused an earthquake in the sports world.
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