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8 state associations bring no-confidence motion against AITA President

Eight state tennis associations, affiliated with the All India Tennis Association, have proposed a no-confidence against President Anil Jain. An Extra Ordinary General Meeting (EGM) has been called on September 28 in New Delhi. Interestingly, the All India Tennis Association (AITA) has called the EGM on the day it is scheduled to hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) and conduct elections, the result of which can’t be declared and are to be submitted to the Delhi High Court in a sealed envelop. Jain is facing charges of misusing the funds and traveling with his family abroad several times using the funds of AITA. The state units that proposed the no-confidence motion are Assam, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Haryana Maharashtra, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and Tripura. If the no-confidence motion is passed, Jain’s tenure as the president of AITA will be over, and the first time in the history of Indian tennis that a federation president is removed in this fashion. Jain was elected the AITA President unopposed in September 2020, replacing Praveen Mahajan. He served as …