The All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Sunday handed a decision throughout its Annual Genral Body Meeting (AGM) right here, calling the “personal attacks” on president Kalyan Chaubey as “motivated” and “outright insult” to all its members.
The AGM was held a day after the conclusion of the National Football Championships for the Santosh Trophy right here on Saturday. The AGM was preceded by a gathering of the chief committee.
“Both the Executive Committee and the General Body expressed anguish at the way personal attacks have been made against senior AIFF officials, especially the president, from certain quarters,” the AIFF stated.
“The members felt that the attacks were not only personal against the federation president but also an outright insult to every member of the federation and the AIFF in general. The members also felt that this was in absolutely poor taste and has caused serious damage to the progress of Indian football.
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“Taking note of this, the House passed a resolution calling this attack motivated and done with definite malicious intent,” a launch stated.
The AGM is being held after the controversial sacking of Shaji Prabhakaran as AIFF secretary normal and allegations of “corruption” made towards Chaubey by former authorized head Nilanjan Bhattacahrjee.
Chaubey had, nonetheless, termed the allegations as baseless and had served a authorized discover to Bhattacahrjee, whose service was additionally terminated by the AIFF earlier this month.
Bhattacahrjee additionally served a defamation discover to Chaubey on Saturday for “maligning” his fame, and “constant and deliberate attempts to harass” him and coerce him to submit resignation. He additionally stated that he stood by his earlier statements.
After detailed discussions, the Executive Committee and the General Body determined to give the go-ahead to the proposed FSDL-AIFF-IndiGo settlement, which was objected to by Bhattacahrjee as authorized head of the organisation on the bottom that it was a lopsided one and will not profit the nationwide soccer physique.
“The members were of the opinion that the MoU on this issue that could be agreed upon, would immensely help in lifting the brand value of Indian football,” the AIFF launch stated.
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Introduction of VAR
The General House additionally mentioned the present state of Indian refereeing and the attainable introduction of VAR (Virtual Assistant Referee).
“The AIFF Chief Refereeing Officer, while submitting his report and pointing out that 85 percent of on-pitch refereeing decisions are proving to be correct in the current season, also held discussions with five reputed agencies specialised in VAR.
“Based on the report, a presentation on VAR was made and the members felt that it was not impossible to introduce the advanced system in the Indian Super League from the next season on a no-cost-to-the-AIFF basis.” The members had been knowledgeable that there could be additional discussions on this challenge within the first week of May.
The General Body welcomed two of its latest members into the AIFF household after the Ladakh Football Association and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu had been permitted as full members of the nationwide federation.
The General Body additionally handed a decision that, sooner or later, solely honorary members of the AIFF could be nominated for various committees and standing committees of the continental and world our bodies, supplied it’s permitted by the Executive Committee.
Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu, who can also be the president of the state soccer affiliation, attended the assembly.
“The way the 77th NFC for Santosh Trophy Final was conducted yesterday, was one of a kind. The ambiance and support we saw from the stands was absolutely amazing. I truly felt that the Santosh Trophy’s popularity has risen to greater heights in the last couple of years,” Chaubey stated within the launch.
“When football in the Northeast comes up for discussion, we mainly think about Manipur and Mizoram. But now, Arunachal has joined the team as the third force, hand in hand with their two other brothers from the Northeast.” The AIFF president additionally identified the necessity for stadiums completely for soccer within the nation.
Khandu stated that his authorities was planning to construct a stadium right here devoted solely to soccer.
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