India, March 4 -- Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president PT Usha on Tuesday accused executive committee (EC) members of consistently blocking "meaningful discussions," regarding athletes welfare and their performance.

Usha was responding to IOA vice president and EC member Gagan Narang, who was critical of her decision to appoint an ad hoc committee to run the affairs of the Boxing Federation of India. Olympic medallist Gagan had written to Usha that athletes are suffering because of such "arbitrary decisions."

The IOA president said an ad hoc committee for BFI was necessitated because the federation failed in its "fundamental responsibilities" and there has been no effort to identify fresh talent, select promising boxers and implem...