Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) has writted a letter in support of Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) President Chaudhary Avadhesh Kumar, authorising him to call the shots in the Indian body.
The letter issued by AVC Secretary General, Shanrit Wongprasert to Avadhesh Kumar and Ramavtar Jakhar, the Asian body confirmed its stand on the ongoing dispute between the President and suspended Secretary General of VFI.
AVC has legally recognized Avadhesh as President and gave him sole authority to call an Emergent Executive Committee Meeting. AVC said that all the decisions of executive committee duly authorized by the President should take effect.
"I am honoured to have received the support of AVC. Jakhar has broken all rules and gone on record in front of media against the constitution of VFI. He has claimed support of 22 state units, which was a total false statement. I am glad that AVC has approved of my decisions to disrobe the tainted members of their powers and positions," Avadhesh said.
Avadhesh added that the committee put in place during the Nagpur Emergent meeting will govern the VFI in more effective manner and all procedures would be transparent.
Newly elected Interim Secretary General K Nandkumar Avadhesh said, "Jakhar has overstepped this time and there was no need to call his own meeting in Chennai when the President had called for a meeting in Nagpur. If Jakhar had the majority of members with him he should have come to Nagpur with them.
"Also, he wrote a letter to Central Asian Zone to call off a prestigious Central Asian Zone Championship in Nagpur. This was unethical, as he had no approval from the VFI or the President to do so. He needs to answer all the points; he cannot run away from the moves, which brought such a huge disrepute to the Federation."
To regularise the decisions taken in the Emergent Executive Meeting at Nagpur, the president has called the General House meeting at Hotel Inderlok, Dehradun on April 15th.
The Interim Treasurer Prandeep Singh Gill said, "The Federation is not going to pay any money for the unauthorized travel to any championship and we will not pay for any unauthorised meetings called by Jakhar or Murugan."
Mohd Akram Khan, Secretary, Chattisgarh Volleyball Association who is responsible to conduct the AVC Cup in September 2016 in Raipur said, "It's a great news that AVC has issued a letter in support of the President. It will allow all of us to work smoothly without getting worried about people who tried to bring disrespect to the federation.
