Sanchita Chatterjee, BS News Agency: The Hon'ble Sports and Youth Welfare Minister of the Government of West Bengal Dr. Indranil Khan and many other dignitaries were present. AIFF President Kalyan Choubey, former East Bengal Club players Manoranjan Bhattacharya, Mehtab Hossain, Dipankar Roy were present.
East Bengal Club's Debabrata Sarkar, IFA Secretary Anirban Dutta were present. East Bengal Club handed over the traditional red and yellow jersey of the club to the Hon'ble Sports Minister. This year's Kolkata Football League has been named after the famous player Sahu Mewalal. Sahu Mewalal's son was present at the inauguration ceremony. A stamp in the name of this famous player was officially released there.