Indian Olympic association President Suresh Kalmadi said that Sports Ministry's directive ahead of Commonwealth Games on limited tenures of heads of the sports federations is uncalled for. He said a meeting of Executive Council on 18 of this month will discuss the issue. Speaking to reporters in New Delhi , Mr Kalmadi said sports federations would do everything to protect their autonomy. <br/><br/>Cracking down on the sports administrators who have monopolised most of the NSFs, the Sports Ministry announced a new regulation which says federation presidents cannot continue more than 12 years, with or without break. <br/><br/>Mr Kalmadi also dismissed Sports Minister MS Gill's assertion that the guideline would help bring transparency to the functioning of IOA and NSFs.