Anurag Thakur was unanimously elected head of the Himachal Pradesh Olympic Association, HPOA for a four-year term. He was elected at the HPOA’s Annual General Meeting at Dharamsala.
Virender Kanwar was elected Senior Vice-President, while Rajesh Bhandari, who is a Vice President in the Boxing Federation of India, was elected General Secretary.
Mr Thakur had to step down as BCCI President owing to the Supreme Court ruling on Lodha Committee reforms.