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January 27 – State associations are planning a no-confidence movement in Kalyan Chaubey (pictured), the president of the All India Soccer Federation (AIFF).
India has 36 state associations and reportedly greater than 20 need to transfer in opposition to Chaubey with the no-confidence movement. One-third of associations are required to stage a unprecedented congress to that finish. Jammu, Tamil Nadu and Kashmir should not have voting rights. The state associations are understood to have the backing of the Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) political occasion.
Chaubey is a member of Narendra Modi’s ruling occasion of Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP). He got here to energy at AIFF after the exit of Praful Patel, defeating former India worldwide Bhaichung Bhutia within the elections in 2022.
Nonetheless, AIFF secretary Shaji Prabhakaran was sacked. Final month, Prabhakaran wrote to the ethics committee of AIFF in addition to to the AFC and FIFA, launching a grievance in opposition to Chaubey for violations of the ethics code.
“There are a selection of situations the place Mr Kalyan Chaubey has precipitated critical reputational damages and monetary loss to AIFF,” wrote Prabhakaran. “All his actions have resulted in critical penalties to the attractive recreation in India. The Indian males’s staff didn’t win a single match within the calendar yr 2024, it’s the direct results of his actions.”
He accused Chaubey of battle of curiosity, a bribery try, misrepresentation, misinformation and violations of the AIFF structure in his position because the governing physique’s president.
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