Aspersions cast over appointment of sports mentors
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, September 22 2023:
An international coach for Sepak Takraw has raised serious concern over possible irregularities in the appointment of mentors/coaches of different disciplines for district level centres of Khelo India, which have been opened in all the 16 districts of the state under the Directorate of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Addressing the media at Manipur Press Club here on Friday, international coach Anoubam Mahavir recounted that the YAS directorate issued notification for recruitment of mentors/coaches for different disciplines for Khelo India district centres and he too applied for Sepak Takraw discipline.
He got call letter for interview from the directorate on September 15 and went for the interview at the directorate office on Thursday.
However, the director of the board restricted him from attending the interview citing overage and showed him a new notification, he said.
As per the new notification, the age limit for the post is 40 years for general and 45 for special category.
Interestingly, the notification published in focal newspapers did not mention any age limitation, he pointed out, while expressing suspicion of foul play by issuing a secret notification.
Besides, why the directorate would send him call letter for the interview if he has crossed the age bar, he enquired.
He had led team India in the 16th Asian Games in 2010, 2nd Asian Sepak Takraw Championship, and 25th Kings Cup World Championship.
The way the directorate issued him call letter for interview and the director showed him a different notification seems like a humiliation to him, he said while terming it as an act of disregarding the entire sportspersons of the state.