HSB / New Delhi
Former goalkeeper Kalyan Chaubey on Friday became the first player to be elected as president of the All-India Football federation (AIFF).
The election for the head of the federation was reduced to virtually no contest as Kalyan trounced his rival and former teammate Bhaichung Bhutia 33-1Karnataka’s NA Haris was elected vice president defeating Rajasthan’s Manvendra Singh 29-5.
Arunachal Pradesh’s Kipa Ajay defeated Andhra Pradesh’s Gopalakrishna Kosaraju 32-1, for the post of treasurer. One vote was declared invalid.
What was expected to be close contest between goalkeeper and the former captain of national side turned out to be a damp squib Though Chaubey and his panel was expected to win but the totally one-sided results for all the three posts came as a big surprise.
Kosaraju and Manvendra proposed and seconded Bhutia.