Wonder what Kalyan Chaubey makes of Jeakson Singh’s act of courage during India’s celebration after winning the SAFF Championship, in trying to draw the Indian government to look at Manipur and help stop the horrific two-month-old violence in the state. Is a nameless, faceless, zero-nuance official All India Football Federation (AIFF) statement on its way, telling us that politics has no place in sports? Perhaps.
Chaubey, much-travelled former goalkeeper, is now much-travelled AIFF president. A born-again BJP member who made it to the highest office in Indian football due to his party affiliation despite little or no time spent as a football administrator, Chaubey would have looked on wanly at Jeakson’s action. Or turned a blind eye only to rain retribution later.
