India, Aug. 8 -- While former union minister Anurag Thakur's nomination for the Boxing Federation of India (BFI) elections has been rejected for a second time and the issue is being heard in court, the faction supported by him is getting ready to put up a full panel of candidates against BFI president's Ajay Singh's panel.

It was learnt that several BFI members got together on Thursday to discuss the election prospects. The Delhi high court, on a plea by four state units of BFI challenging the validity of the electoral process, has fixed August 18 as the next date of hearing. "We will put up a panel and we are discussing the possibilities," said Rajesh Bhandari, BFI vice president and Himachal Pradesh Boxing Association (HPBA) president....