Hyderabad: The tussle staking claim to the state’s Olympic association grew vehement on Wednesday with officials of the Olympic Association of Telangana and their affiliated units, numbering about 30, descending on the Olympic Bhavan located on the Lal Bahadur Stadium premises here in an attempt to take over offices occupied by the Telangana Olympic Association.
Officials of the rival bodies exchanged aggressive words before OAT members left. “We have been assured that the issue would be settled in four days by the authorities concerned. Else we will go back to the (Olympic) Bhavan on Monday,” one of them said.
The two associations have been at loggerheads even as the Indian Olympic Association and Sports Authority of Telangana State have acknowledged OAT as the state body. TOA meanwhile says the matter is pending in court.
