Former Indian soccer staff captain Bhaichung Bhutia, who misplaced the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) president’s election, has questioned Shaji Prabhakaran’s appointment as common secretary, saying “selection of a voter to a salaried post will set a wrong precedent”. .
Prabhakaran, who was within the electoral school as Football Delhi’s consultant, was made the AIFF common secretary, a day after former India goalkeeper Kalyan Choubey defeated Bhutia 33-1 within the presidential election on September 2. Bhutia has requested the AIFF to incorporate the problem of Prabhakaran’s appointment raised by him within the agenda of the chief committee assembly to be held in Kolkata on Monday.
A day earlier than taking on as AIFF common secretary, Prabhakaran had resigned from the submit of Football Delhi president on 6 September.
Bhutia alleged that subsequently appointing a voter to the AIFF’s salaried submit was a component of “bargaining”. “He (Prabhakaran) was a voter and president of an association (Football Delhi), appointing him for a salaried post would set a wrong precedent,”
Bhutia informed PTI on Saturday. “I’d have had no drawback if he was appointed to an honorary submit. Next time somebody will cut price after the election to vote to get a salaried place. Bhutia, the poster boy of Indian soccer for greater than a decade till he retired in 2011, stated “no state association president and voter has been appointed to a salaried post”. Prabhakaran, on his half, stated that he had taken the place with good intentions to serve Indian soccer and nothing else. He dominated out any bargaining or bargaining earlier than the AIFF elections.
“I accepted the place in good religion, with the intention of serving Indian soccer. There was no transaction, nothing like that (for the election),” Prabhakaran stated.
“Bhutia is an government committee member and he’s free to take up issues. When he raises the problem through the assembly (on Monday), I’m certain the chief committee will resolve (to debate it or not). Normally, the AIFF Secretary-General is an ex-officio member of the Executive Committee with out voting rights. Bhutia, who’s certainly one of six former gamers within the AIFF government committee with voting rights, didn’t attend the physique’s first assembly on September 3, however stated he would arrive in Kolkata on Monday. “It (membership of the chief committee) is given via a choice of the Supreme Court and never by the federation or the sports activities ministry. Therefore, I want to respect the Supreme Court’s resolution to acknowledge my contribution to Indian soccer.
“I have also consulted my lawyers and they said that if I do not take this position it will be a bad precedent. Apart from this, I am always there to help and support the development of Indian football and I will continue to do so,” concluded Bhutia.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
