Supreme Court all. has instructed India The Football Federation (AIFF) will elect an executive committee by September to host the Under-17 women as required by the International Football Federation (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), an elected body. World The Cup, which India is going to host in October this year.
An elected executive committee is also required for the national football team to participate in FIFA and AFC events.
Passing the order on August 3, the top court made two key observations – first, by directing the formation of a general body by 36 state association members and 36 players, both male and female, to include eminent footballers in the AIFF management. , and secondly that the elections should be according to the national Play The Code and Article 26 of the draft constitution, which provides for a fixed term and age limit of office bearers.
This order provides an opportunity to the AIFF administration to pump fresh blood. Former players like Kalyan Choubey, Bhaichung Bhutia, IM Vijayan and administrators like Saji Prabhakaran of Delhi Football Association, Manvendra Singh of Rajasthan Football Association, NA Haris of Karnataka State Football Association can contest the upcoming elections of the federation.
Former India goalkeeper and one of the parties in the case, Kalyan Choubey, welcomed the verdict saying that he has been fighting for the footballers for a long time and now his views have been justified.
Choubey had earlier told IANS, “I had demanded two things. One, the way the AIFF is being run at present as per the National Sports Code is not in accordance with the rules. Supreme Court’s decision in this regard to AIFF. should be followed, that is, proper elections should be conducted to run the committee.
“Secondly, the AIFF has put a very strange condition that if one wants to contest the federation election, he/she has to hold a post in the state union for at least four years.”
Speaking to IANS on Friday, the winner of three SAIF championships, Choubey said, “What I asked is that if any former footballer wants to contest, he should be given a chance even if he fulfills the above criteria. Don’t. It’s because it’s football that this committee is for the benefit of, and a former footballer could be a part of it.”
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Delhi Football Association president Prabhakaran refrained from commenting on the issue of barring office bearers of the federation, who have been in office for 12 years or more, from contesting elections.
“As of now, I don’t have the Supreme Court order in my hands, so I don’t want to comment,” he told IANS.
Asked if he would contest the elections, Rajasthan Football Association President Manvendra Singh told IANS: “It is important that we stay together and take the country’s football back to the glory days of 1960. I would also like to say that The federation should be run by good people, be it eminent sportspersons or good administrators.
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