New Delhi, March 11 -- Former union sports minister Anurag Thakur is likely to be in the fray for the president's post in the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections, it has been learnt. On Monday, Thakur's name was sent as one of its two representatives by Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association (HPBA) to attend the Annual General Meeting and be part of the electoral college for the federation's March 28 elections.
"We have nominated Anurag Thakur and president Rajesh Bhandari as our representatives for the AGM," HPBA secretary Surender Kumar Shandil told HT. Asked whether Thakur would contest for the president's post, he said: "We have to wait and see."
Thakur, a BJP Lok Sabha MP and former BCCI president, is part of the Himachal boxing ...