The President of Punjab Olympic Association (POA) Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa on Saturday voluntarily resigned from his office after which Vice President Brahm Mohindra was nominated as the Working President till the elections to the association are held.

In the Executive Meeting and Annual General House of the POA here at the Punjab Olympic Bhawan, the services of Dhindsa as President for 41 years were applauded and it was unanimously decided to make him the Life President of POA in order to enable him to keep guiding the association.

The meeting also saw congratulations pouring in for Dhindsa for being bestowed with the Padma Bhushan and the award was applauded as a matter of honour for the association.

The meeting saw the unanimous passing of the proposal to nominate the Vice President of the association and Local Government Minister, Punjab, Brahm Mohindra as the Working President. The proposal afterwards also got the green light from the Annual General House.

During the meeting, the decision was also arrived at to form a committee under the leadership of Mohindra which would coordinate with the Punjab Government concerning matters related to the association.

On the occasion, Mohindra and Cabinet Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu announced grants to the POA to the tune of Rs. 10 lakh each from their discretionary quotas which was appreciated by the members.

Earlier, the Secretary General of the POA, Raja KS Sidhu while conducting the proceedings presented the report detailing the various works undertaken during the previous period.

He said that under the stewardship of Dhindsa, a sprawling Punjab Olympic Association bhawan came up at Mohali.

The efforts done by the Senior Vice President of the POA Rajdeep Singh Gill with regard to constructing a Hall of Fame within the bhawan were also appreciated.

The Hall of Fame depicts photographs plus achievements of the international level players from Punjab.