new delhi to break the deadlock between the sports ministry and the indian olympic association ioa over the contentious sports code the international olympic committee ioc has offered to mediate by constituting a fourpartite working group which will help in ensuring good governance and autonomy of sports federations in indiaalso read sports code almost ready but sports bodies unhappyioc president thomas bach who is on a threeday visit to india from april 1820 proposed this during his meeting with union sports minister rajyavardhan singh rathore here on thursday the group will have representatives from the ioc olympic council of asia oca ioa and the ministryaccording to bach both the ministry and ioa have agreed to the formation of the group it would mean that the ioc and oca will also have a say in indias revised draft of the sports code which the government soon plans to debate in the parliamentalso read ioa says it supports sisodia appealing against cgf reprimandwe addressed the issue of good governance and autonomy in sports and for the ioc these are just the two sides of the same coin bach saidthe united nations general assembly unga has so many times recognised this autonomy of sports without which there could be no international sport if the same rules do not apply everywhere in the world then there would be no competition in this respect we are pleased with the commitment shown by the ioa to make good governance a priority the sports minister too recognised the autonomy of sports the ioc has made its contribution by offering the expertise to find a solution for good governance and autonomy in accordance to the olympic charter i am sure a good solution will come to us in this respect bach addedduring his hourlong meeting with bach rathore its been learnt batted vociferously for transparency in the functioning of the ioa and national sports federations nsfs through sports code to ensure fair selection of players for competitions and accountability for proper utilisation of funding to sports bodies by the governmenthowever fearing excessive government interference bach according to some of the ioa members who attended the meeting informed rathore that in the name of transparency and autonomy the government cant impose the sports code while urging less government interference bach told the minister according to ioa members that rather than fighting on the issue both the ministry and ioa should ensure that the principles of good governance are followed its only after this discussion that bach proposed the working group which was accepted by allthe revised draft of the sports code has become a bone of contention between the ministry on one hand and the ioa and nsfs on the other it bars the ministers parliamentarians mlas and bureaucrats from holding key posts in the nsfs and other autonomous sports bodies apart from the evercontentious clause of age and tenure the draft is the revision of the original sports code of 2011 which had the iocs approvalrecently the ioa