Former nationwide captain Bhaichung Bhutia on Tuesday demanded the resignation of All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaubey, holding him liable for the “current mess” within the administration of the sport within the nation at the same time as Shaji Prabhakaran was dismissed as secretary normal for the second time.
The AIFF’s Executive Committee on Tuesday eliminated Prabhakaran from the put up of secretary normal, greater than two months after the emergency committee did the identical on November 7 for “breach of trust”. A single bench of the Delhi High Court had on December 8 ordered an interim keep on his sacking.
In its newest order of January 19, the High Court identified that Prabhakaran was dismissed by the emergency committee of the AIFF whereas the federation’s structure gives that solely the chief committee has the ability to try this. (FACT Check: Will Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al Nassr Play Against Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami In February 2024?)
The HC, nonetheless, had stated that the keep order of December 8 “does not act as a bar on the AIFF to hold the meetings of the executive committee for the purpose of terminating the tenure of the petitioner (Prabhakaran)”.
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“Yes, Shaji Prabhakaran was sacked as secretary general by the executive committee in the meeting on Tuesday,” a supply advised PTI. (WATCH: Cristiano Ronaldo’s Doppelganger Surrounded In China For Autographs, Video Goes Viral)
Bhutia attended Tuesday’s govt committee assembly of the AIFF referred to as right here to debate the dismissal of Prabhakaran, who was not initially invited for the assembly however later allowed to affix it nearly.
“I told the executive committee members that Kalyan Chaubey and treasurer Kipa Ajay should also resign. Shaji Prabhakaran should not be made the only scapegoat. All three of them are equally responsible for taking decisions without the approval of executive committee,” Bhutia advised PTI.
“All three of them were taking the decisions and if Shaji has to be removed, the president and treasurer should also be removed,” stated the legendary striker.
“Indian football is in a mess, there is politics in the sport, cutting out each other after little over one year of taking charge, it is not good. The national team has been left in the lurch during the Hangzhou Asian Games as well as in the Asian Cup where there was inadequate training time for the team.” Another supply confirmed Bhutia’s model and added that Prabhakaran requested the chief committee members to elucidate what constituted the “breach of trust”.
“He (Prabhakaran) asked the executive committee to explain what constituted breach of trust on the basis of which he was dismissed. He said he had not committed any financial irregularities or fraud. He also said that there was no emergency committee constituted for the AIFF and how can there be a reference to the emergency committee for my dismissal,” the supply stated.
“Prabhakaran also said that he would have, in any case, resigned because his relationship with the president was nearing breaking point.” AIFF vice chairman NA Haris then intervened and stated that the matter is sub-judice.
Bhutia, who misplaced within the AIFF presidential ballot in 2022, additionally stated that he didn’t know what constituted the “breach of trust” which led to Prabhakaran’s dismissal.
“I am an executive committee member but I don’t know what was the breach of trust Shaji had committed. I am not told nor briefed about it.” Bhutia stated that he proposed dwell streaming of the AIFF annual normal or govt committee conferences for the sake of transparency.
“Nowadays, even the Supreme Court and High Court case hearings are streamed live, so what is the problem in doing the same for AIFF AGM or executive committee meetings. So, I proposed live streaming of AIFF meetings.” Talking concerning the Indian workforce’s group stage exit within the AFC Asian Cup in Doha, Bhutia stated, “Asian Games and Asian Cup are the 2 most vital tournaments for India and each have been disasters, not resulting from gamers or coach however due to the AIFF high brass.
“In the Asian Games, the team played its first match just a few hours after landing in Hangzhou. In the Asian Cup, the team was not given adequate training time.”
