New Delhi : Former Indian footballer and BJP leader Kalyan Chaubey has been elected as the President of the All India Football Federation. Kalyan Chaube became the head of the AIFF by defeating Indian legend Baichung Bhutia by a huge margin. Karnataka Football Association president and Congress MLA NA Harris was elected as the vice president. Kipa Ajay from Arunachal Pradesh was also elected as the treasurer of the federation.
The 45-year-old BJP leader, a former goalkeeper of Mohun Bagan and East Bengal FC, defeated the former Indian captain in the election by a margin of 33-1. A total of 34 people have made it to the voting list from various associations. However, for the first time in the history of the All India Football Federation after 85 years, a former Indian player has been appointed as the president of the AIFF.
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We congratulate Mr. @kalyanchaubey on being elected as the President, Mr. @mlanaharis as the Vice President, and Mr. Kipa Ajay as the Treasurer of the All India Football Federation #AIFFGeneralBodyElections2022 #IndianFootball pic.twitter.com/YRwexiUntx
— Indian Football Team (@IndianFootball) September 2, 2022
On the other hand, Choubey, who contested as a BJP candidate in West Bengal and lost, has never worn the gloves for the Indian senior team. But Chaubey has got an opportunity to keep the net for India’s youth team. BJP leader and Bhutia, who was the opposition candidate in the Federation’s presidential election, has come together for East Bengal.
Congress MLA N.A. Harris will become the Vice President after defeating Rajasthan Football Association’s Manvendra Singh. Kipa Ajay has been elected AIFF’s treasurer after defeating Andhra Pradesh Football Association president Gopalakrishna Kosaraju. The 14 nominees to the Executive Committee were elected unopposed. The election for the post of General Secretary of the Federation will be held after the new Executive Committee takes office.
After the ban imposed by FIFA in the second week of August, the elections of the Indian Football Federation are being organized urgently. When there was no change in the leadership of the AIFF for the last 12 years, the intervention of the Supreme Court handed over the administration of the federation to the Interim Committee, and FIFA banned the Football Federation of India citing third-party interference in the governance of the AIFF. After observing the background of FIFA, the court dissolved the temporary committee and ordered to hold elections.
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