3 year term of J&K Sports Council ends

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, July 1: The three-year term of the Jammu and Kashmir Sports Council, reconstituted on June 23, 2022, officially concluded on June 23, 2025, paving the way for its reconstitution. The Council was initially formed under Government Order No. 21-JK(YSS) of 2022, issued by Alok Kumar, then Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department.
The Jammu and Kashmir Government on June 23, 2022, reconstituted J&K Sports Council, headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha as its president and his Advisor as the vice president, after dissolving the previous body framed in the year 2018 in the Mehbooba Mufti-led Government.
Notably, in 2022, in the absence of an elected Government, the Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor was the president of the J&K Sports Council. However, at present, Jammu and Kashmir is headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as its president and Sports Minister Satish Sharma as its vice president.
As per the order number 21-JK (YSS) of 2022 issued by the then Principal Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department, Alok Kumar, the Sports Council had 15 members, including the LG as president, the Advisor as vice president, five official members and eight outstanding players and sports association ‘administrators.
The order also read that the Council shall remain in office for a period of three years and the Government, however, shall have powers to dissolve the Council at any time it deems appropriate and reconstitute a fresh Council.

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