India, July 9 -- World Boxing (WB) and the union sports ministry have issued separate directives to the Boxing Federation of India for holding its delayed elections at the earliest.

It was learnt that BFI's interim committee is preparing to initiate the election process keeping in mind the world body's directive to conduct them by August 31.

The tenure of the BFI executive committee ended on February 2. While the election was scheduled on March 28, it could not be held due to the many court cases filed by different BFI affiliates challenging the process. On the directives of WB, an interim committee was set up on April 7 for a period not exceeding 90 days to oversee the governance of boxing in the country.

The sports ministry has writt...