The Patan Appellate Court on Tuesday had issued an interim order against holding the football governing body's annual general assembly scheduled for Wednesday. The court had given such verdict in response to a case filed by dissatisfied faction of the ANFA, which includes Vice-presidents Karma Chhiring Sherpa and Bijay Narayan Manadhar and member Pankaj Nembang. The court has summoned both sides for discussion on Thursday."ANFA has fulfilled all the procedures and norms as per its statute before conducting the annual general assembly," said ANFA President Ganesh Thapa at the ANFA office in Satdobato, showing copies of the letter sent to the members and its affiliated bodies. He also blamed the dissatisfied faction of foul play and making baseless arguments on the basis of old statute rather than the amended one.
Thapa also said that the executive committee meeting of the ANFA called off the general assembly to show their respect to the court's verdict.
This is not the first time that the annual general assembly faced obstruction. Last year's general assembly was also cancelled following directives from the Public Accounts Committee of the Legislature-Parliament. "Though it is not a big deal to call off the annual general assembly, we need be serious since some people from the football family are working to kill football in the country. It is football which is going to suffer from such deeds," said Thapa, pointing to the dissatisfied faction.
Thapa admitted that the ANFA did not invite four executive committee officials, including the three petitioners and Kishor Rai, for the annual general assembly. "ANFA has punished them for not attending the executive committee meeting for three times in a row. Thus, there is no point in inviting them at the annual general assembly," Thapa clarified.
ANFA had earlier suspended three vice presidents Kishor Rai, Karma Chhiring Sherpa and Bijay Narayan Manandhar and member Pankaj Nembang from all football related activities for a year.
Meanwhile, Thapa also informed that the meeting between club representatives and ANFA scheduled for Thursday will decide about resuming A Division National Football League, which has been stalled since the April 25 earthquake. The league, which will be played in home-and-away format, is likely to be held in centralized venues owing to earthquake and the ongoing protests across various parts of the country.
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