The World Karate Federation (WKF) temporarily revoked the Karate Association of India (KAI) with immediate effect due to non-compliance of the rules of the World Organization during elections last year. WKF said that this decision was taken after investigation. WKF chief Antonio Espinos gave this information by sending a letter to KAI President Hariprasad Patnaik. He wrote, "The WKF Executive Committee, after examining the Commission set up to review the status of Karate Union of India (KAI), decided to temporarily cancel the recognition of KAI with immediate effect from June 22 as per WKF rules.” The World body has made it clear that it is not happy with the infighting of the Indian Union, due to which elections were held in January last year in violation of the rules.

The WKF president wrote, "The current management of KAI has lost its credibility. The current management is now paralyzed because Likha Tara, who is heading a faction of the management, claims that the office bearers were elected illegally while one faction of the management talks of controlling it while another faction Bharat Sharma is referred to as vice president. He is offering to be reinstated to the post." In a letter sent on 22 June," It does not seem that KAI will be able to resolve differences and amicably resolve all issues in the near future. Instead, the Commission feels that internal conflicts will escalate and there is a possibility of interference in the autonomy of the National Federation. ”The WKF, however, has given KAI the option to appeal against the cancellation of recognition within 21 days.

The WKF will present the Congress in its next meeting to approve the decision to revoke the recognition of KAI. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) had in January this year revoked the recognition of KAI for violating its constitution and guidelines. This issue is related to the KAI elections held in January 2019 in which IOA was not a supervisor and allegations have been made that the entire process was not valid.

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