The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on November 8 introduced that it has sacked its secretary general Shaji Prabhakaran due to “breach of trust”.
Shaji Prabhakaran’s sacking comes 14 months after his appointment to the high-profile job even because the nationwide federation didn’t point out what the breach of belief was that prompted the motion.
“The All India Football Federation hereby announces that the services of Dr. Shaji Prabhakaran have been terminated due to breach of trust with immediate effect as of November 7, 2023,” the AIFF assertion learn.
“The AIFF Deputy Secretary, M. Satyanarayan, will take charge as Acting Secretary General of AIFF with immediate effect,” the assertion added. AIFF president Kalyan Chaubey served the termination letter on Tuesday to Prabhakaran, who was appointed on September 3 in 2022 and took cost on September 6. Prabhakaran has not but reacted to the event however is predicted to give his model quickly.
AIFF vice-president NA Haris advised PTI that even the AIFF government committee members weren’t proud of the best way Prabhakaran labored. In a cryptic submit on X on Monday evening, Prabhakaran had hinted that every one was not nicely inside the AIFF.
“We have to remain true to our game and when we have the position of power and influence then our responsibility is far higher to do our work with sincerity and dedication without any personal interests,” he had written on his X web page.
“Never allow personal interests to dominate the mind and decisions. Let’s focus on our mission to transform football and make India proud. There can’t be a bigger satisfaction in life than to see India shining on the pitch on a bigger stage,” he wrote.
Prabhakaran was appointed on the first government Committee assembly of the brand new dispensation which took cost after the elections on September 2.
He was earlier serving as Football Delhi president. He resigned from that submit and took cost as AIFF secretary general on September 6, 2022.
A gathering of the manager committee has been known as right here on Thursday and the members are anticipated to be formally apprised of the event, in addition to discussing different issues.
Haris mentioned there is no such thing as a want for the AIFF government committee to ratify the choice of the president.
“The post of the secretary general is a paid post and he was not appointed by the executive committee. The president has the power to appoint and remove the secretary general. So the president issued the termination letter,” mentioned Haris.
