Lagatar24 Desk
Ranchi, Nov 23: The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has barred the Jharkhand Football Association from sending a team to participate in the Santosh Trophy and Women’s championship, citing an internal conflict within the management of the Jharkhand Football Association (JFA).
In a letter to the state sports department and JFA, AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das alleged that the football governing body of India received two independent teams for both the competitions and the apex body of the state for football did not resolve the issue of multiple entrant requests.
“However, despite the AIFF’s repeated attempts to ensure that the rights of the players and the chance of the Member Association to participate in national competition are not affected, the JFA committee did not resolve the issue,” reads the letter.
According to AIFF, team reporting for the state of Jharkhand, for the women’s championship is on Thursday and for the Santosh Trophy is on November 28.
AIFF said it is highly unfortunate that athletes had to suffer due to JFA management as they were not willing to resolve the issue.
“The JFA with absolute disregard to the development of players within the state of Jharkhand, have failed to resolve their conflict. Thus, leaving the AIFF with no choice but to reject all four lists received from the JFA for the Santosh Trophy and the Women’s championship,” the AIFF concluded.
