Sanchita Chatterjee, BS News Agency: The top officials of the three Kolkata chiefs wanted to meet Federation President Kalyan Choubey at a social event in Kolkata and had a discussion with him. On November 29, Mohun Bagan Club Secretary Srinjoy Basu, East Bengal Chief Debabrata Sarkar, and Mohammedan Executive President Kamaruddin sent separate letters requesting a meeting with Kalyan Choubey. In the letter sent by Mohun Bagan Club, President Debashis Dutta and Secretary Srinjoy Basu stated that they would be present. AIFF President Kalyan, upon receiving that letter, decided to hold a meeting with the officials of the three chiefs in Kolkata on December 1. He also sent a letter to the officials of the three chiefs. But surprisingly, although East Bengal's Debabrata Sarkar and Mohammedan's Kamaruddin met Kalyan at the meeting on December 1, none of the Mohun Bagan officials went. Instead, they sent a new letter requesting that the meeting be postponed to December 3.
Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandav has called for a discussion with various stakeholders including AIFF on December 3 at the SAI headquarters in Delhi to resolve the deadlock in Indian football, better known as the ISL. Knowing this, how did Mohun Bagan officials make such a request? This excuse to avoid a meeting with Kalyan makes no sense. Either they do not want to give any importance to Kalyan, although they themselves wrote a letter asking for a discussion. Otherwise, it must be said that Mohun Bagan officials later realized that there is no substance to this discussion, because Mohun Bagan Supergiant does not have any number for them. The entire control of the football team is in the hands of its owner Sanjiv Goenka.