new delhi in a development of far reaching consequences corruptiontainted persons will no longer be eligible to contest indian olympic association elections under the revised draft constitution of the ioa sent by is parent body international olympic committee in a 43page draft revised constitution the world body laid down the provisions concerning the election process of the ioa setting up of three key commissions voting rights of the national sports federations and state olympic bodies and the contentious age and tenure rules among others concerning the election of executive council members the revised draft constitution said to be eligible as an officebearer or member of the executive council a member must be a citizen of india be in full possession of hisher civil rights not face charges framed against himher by any court in india in respect of a criminal or corruption offense which would be punishable with imprisonment if heshe was convicted not have been convicted of any criminal or corruption offense it further said that when charges were framed against members of ioa general council executive council committees or commissions in a criminal or corruption case he will be provisionally suspended from ioa and should be automatically expelled in case he was convicted when charges are framed against an individual member of ioa general councilexecutive councilcommittees or commissions by any court in india in respect of a serious criminal or corruption offense which would be punishable with imprisonment if the person were convicted heshe shall be provisionally suspended from ioa until a final ruling is made when an individual member of ioa general council executive councilcommittees or commissions has been convicted of a criminal or corruption offense and ruling is final heshe must be automatically expelled from ioa the draft revised constitution sent along with a letter by jerome poivey ioc head of institutional relations and governance noc relations department to indian officials said this provision will effectively mean that officials like suresh kalmadi lalit bhanot and vk verma who had been chargesheeted in connection with 2010 commonwealth games scam will not be able to contest ioa elections kalmadi has decided not to stand for election of any sportsrelated post in the country after he was forced out of the ioa presidents post in the wake of the 2010 cwg scam bhanot was elected as secretary general in the ioa elections held on december 5 last just a day after the national sports apex body was banned by the ioc which later declared the polls as null and void but interestingly the ioc has left it to the discretion of the ioa whether to include age and tenure restrictions in the constitution a development which may run into collision with the sports code of the government officebearers and members of executive council of the association shall be elected for a term not exceeding four 4 years as per the procedure for elections defined in byelaw 1 to the rules the revised draft constitution said but in the comments