Friday, May 22, 2015

Vora to be new NDFA prez

New body to be declared on May 24

By Paritosh Pramanik
May 21, 2015
AFTER almost three decades, Nagpur District Football Association (NDFA) will get it’s new president. Sardar Atal Bahadur Singh, the ‘Santa Claus’ for district’s football lovers, who was president of the association since 1986, has decided to step aside citing health reasons.
Haresh Vora, who was vice-president of the association for around 20 years will be the new president of the district’s football governing body.
A total of 20 nomination forms were sold and only 17 filed their nominations for 17 available posts. There was no opposition for any of the posts.
The new body will be officially declared on May 24 after the annual general meeting of the association which will be held besides NDFA office, Kamptee Road.
As reported by ‘The Hitavada’ on May 12, BJP MLA Sameer Meghe will be the new vice-president. The other vice-presidents will be Salim Baig, Atmaran Pande and Abdul Latif. Latif is an executive member in the present body.
There is also a possibility to retain Eugene Norbert as the secretary of the association. 
Secretary of the association will be elected by the new body on May 25.
Iqbal Kashmiri will continue to be the treasurer of the association for another term of two years.
The executive committee will also see new faces in Hemant Sahani, son of former NDFA treasurer Chandramohan Sahani, Shyamal Ghosh and Mohd Khalid. 
NDFA members’ request to Atal Bahadur Singh to continue as President went futile as the former city mayor was firm in his decision to not to take the top post for another two years. “We tried a lot to convince him. But as he is indisposed he was firm in his decision,” said of the members of the association while talking to ‘The Hitavada’ on Thursday.
“But Atalji will remain associated with us,” he added.
“It was Atalji’s decision to make Haresh Vora as the new president,” said the source.

The New Body
President: Haresh Vora
Vice-Presidents: Sameer Meghe, Salim Baig, Atmaram Pande, Abdul Latif. 
Treasurer: Iqbal Kashmiri. 

Executive Committee: Vishwajeet Dey, Satyanarayan Jerpot, Hemant Sahani, Stanley Gregory, Javed Rana, Upendra Varma, Abdul Sattar Ansari, Bernard D’Souza, Mohd Khalid, Naqeeb Akhtar, Shyamal Ghosh.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

Sameer Meghe likely to be NDFA VP, Atal may continue as president

NDFA AGM, elections on May 24



By Paritosh Pramanik
May 11, 2015

NAGPUR District Football Association (NDFA) will be holding its annual general meeting and elections (if needed) on May 24 besides NDFA Office, Kamptee Road.
Sardar Atal Bahadur Singh, in all probability, will continue to lead the district’s football governing body. Though the ‘Santa Claus’ of football loving fans is indisposed and has shown his unwillingness to continue, members want the former Nagpur mayor to head the association.
Singh is very efficiently working as the president of the association for last 29 years. He was first elected as the president in 1986 when he took over from former MP Datta Meghe.
There is also a possibility of re-jigging of five vice-presidents’ posts. Haresh Vora, Salim Baig, Abdul Latif are sure to retain their posts as vice-presidents. The present committee is contemplating inclusion of BJP MLA Sameer Meghe as one of its vice-presidents. Meghe has completed two years as ordinary member and is now eligible to contest for the post.
The ruling party is also mulling including Hemant Sahani as one of its executive committee members. Hemant is son of former NDFA treasurer Chandramohan Sahani. “Nothing is finalised yet. We will sit together and decide in a few days. All the members are of the opinion that Sardar Atal Bahadur Singh should continue to head the association,” sources told ‘The Hitavada’.
“There is a possibility of offering Sameer Meghe one of the vice-presidents post. There might be some new faces in executive committee too. But nothing is finalised yet. Everything will be clear by 16th or 17th,” sources added.
There are 22 posts in NDFA’s executive committee but elections, if needed, will be held for 21 posts. As per NDFA’s constitution, there will be no election for the post of secretary and the same will be appointed by the elected members. The last elections of the association were held on May 12, 2013 for only three executive members’ post from life members’ category.
The new body will be elected for a period of two years.