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Kathmandu Sunday November 11, 2001 Kartik 26, 2058.
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Thapa retains presidency
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Nov 10 – Ganesh Thapa, president of the FIFA
and AFC affiliated All Nepal Football Association (ANFA), retained his post in the
election at the 10th Congress of the ANFA held on Saturday.
Thapa, along with his seventeen member executive committee
won the election unopposed.
In the speech after his election as the president, Thapa, hit
out on the Minister for Education and Sports, Amod Prasad Upadhyay and former Minister of
State for Education and Sports, Dilendra Prasad Badu.
"Amod Prasad Upadhyay, along with Dilendra Prasad Badu,
Rukma Shamsher Rana and
Binod Shanker Palikhe are the people responsible for the sorry state of sports in the
country," said Thapa.
The election was carried out in presence of Harnoor Rashid,
representative of FIFA and AFC. Rashid is and executive member of the AFC from Bangladesh.
Speaking on the occasion, Thapa also vowed to start working
for goal project. Goal project is a tailor made project started by the world football
governing body FIFA for the development of football in the developing countries.
Thapa also said that he is ready to quit if proven of any
financial irregularities during his early tenure under National Sports Council (NSC).
Meanwhile, AFC, in a fax sent to Ganesh Thapa, Geeta Rana -
the president of NSC recognise ANFA - and Rukma SJB Rana, president of Nepal Olympic
Committee, expressed its disappointment over the district football associations’
election and ANFA Congress.
The letter, signed by AFC general-secretary Dato Peter
Velappan, also appealed the three-party to join hand for the fresh election to legalise
the status of ANFA.
On the other, seven ‘A’ Division Clubs including,
Manang Marsyangdi, Naxal Youth, The Galaxian, Annapurna, Kathmandu, Three Star and Sankata
Boys have sent letters to Velappan demanding the nullification of the election of
Kathmandu district football association. The letters say that since the ‘A’
division clubs were not involved in the election it should be quashed.
The seventeen-member executive committee headed by Thapa
consists of: Mahesh Bista, Narendra Shrestha, Mahendra Hamal, Mani Shah, Kishore Rai
(vice-presidents), Lok Bahadur Shahi (general-secretary), Birat Jung Shahi (treasurer),
Bhuban Prakash Shah, Mahendra Subba, Deepak Khati, Sunil SJB Rana, Suresh Ligal, Dhirendra
Pradhan, Ganesh Bhattarai, Mani Kunwar and Basanta Aryal (members).
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