I’m shocked at the high level of political interference one of the six former players co-opted as per the draft constitution. He said he will decide in a day or two whether to attend executive committee meetings or BJP leader and former goalkeeper the election for the president's post. India Saturday said he was shocked at the “high level” of political interference in the All India Football Federation elections, which didn’t pan out as he would have liked BJP leader and former goalkeeper Kalyanelection for the president’s post. The 45-year-has dabbled in politics, having unsuccessfully elections on the TMC ticket in 2014 and 2016 respectively, and founded in his home state. But he said, should have been fought without any “political interference”, and purely on football matters. “I was shocked because I personally did not expect that the political interference (in elections) would be of such a high level. I thought it’s a football president election and I wanted to contribute with sincerity,” told PTI If they (his opponents) were so confident of victory, why a powerful union minister has to come to the hotel (where the voters were staying) at 9 pm (on Thursday) and stay there till 2 of election day (on Friday) and take all of them to a particular floor of them did not take the name of the union minister, his proposer in the polls and Rajasthan state association had on Friday alleged that law present at the hotel and told the members to vote against the former India captain of the legends of the game in the country, said he did not understand why a central minister would spend so much time with the voters the night before the elections, though he did not accuse of canvassing against him. Out of the 34 members of the electoral college, 33 (except Gopalakrishna Kosaraju) were taken to a floor of the hotel, and access was denied to the whole floor. I could not contact any of the voters, the network was down. “I tried calling the secretary of Rajasthan association, who is a voter and whose president Singh was my seconder, but I could not reach him on phone interference was a shocking thing was very unfortunate and a sad thing for Indian football.” Andhra Pradesh state association president had seconded president also admitted that was present at the hotel where the voters were staying but had termed a “complete lie” is one of the six former players co-opted to the executive committee as per the draft constitution. He said he will decide in a day or two whether to attend executive committee meetings or not. Friday, after losing the presidential election, he said that he will be part of the executive committee as a co-opted member.“I am there (in the executive committee) as -opted member. I did not attend the executive committee meeting today. I will decide in a day or two whether to attend a committee meeting,” he said without elaborating much. Another football legend I M, Shabbir Ali, and Climax Lawrence are the other three male former players co-opted as executive committee members. Devi and the two female former players were co-opted as executive committee chairman of the Shabbir will head the advisory committee.
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