India, March 12 -- The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) has rejected former union sports minister Anurag Thakur's nomination from the Himachal Pradesh state association for the federation's elections scheduled for March 28.

A BFI notification, signed by its president Ajay Singh, said Thakur was "ineligible" for the federation elections as his nomination was in violation of the boxing body's constitution as well as the National Sports Code.

Thakur was expected to throw his hat in the ring for the BFI president's post. Among those who were found ineligible after scrutiny were representatives of the Tripura Amateur Boxing Association, Meghalaya Boxing Association's Larry Kharpran. The eligibility of a nominee of the Delhi Amateur Boxing As...