Himanta Biswa Sarma becomes interim BAI president

BJP leader and Assam Badminton Association President Himanta Biswa Sarma was on Sunday appointed Badminton Association of India’s interim head during its executive council meeting.

“We are very happy to announce that Himanta Biswa Sarma has been unanimously given the charge to become the acting president till the next elections in 2018. It was a consensual decision. Everyone realises that badminton has to move forward and it will be best served by him,” Anup Narang, BAI General Secretary and official spokesperson told PTI.

“He was invited to attend the meeting as a special guest and then he was inducted as a senior vice-president of BAI to clear him for the post,” a BAI official said.