By Venkatachari Jagannathan Chennai, Dec 26 : The elections to the All India Chess Federation (AICF) on Saturday progressed with the Election Officer K. Kannan, a retired Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court, finalising the list of valid nominations.
The final list of valid nominations after scrutiny remains the same as that of list of nominated candidates.
As per the valid nominations list announced by Kannan, it is evident that he was not convinced by the objections raised by AICF Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan’s faction against the nomination of former President P.R. Venketrama Raja.
The AICF is split into two factions – one headed by Raja and the other by Chauhan.
The last dates for withdrawal of nominations is December 27-29 and the final list of contestants will released on December 30.
The voting will take place on January 4, between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. and the results will be declared on the same evening.
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