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Doley re-elected as Assam Football Association president, Sangrang Brahma new Secretary

The meeting discussed on various subjects that included the governing body’s decision to expel former joint secretary Samvid Sarma for life from the Association.

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GUWAHATI: Naba Kumar Doley, MLA, re-elected as the president of the Assam Football Association for the next four-year term. Sangrang Brahma from Chirang DSA will be the new secretary of the Association.

The new executive committee of the association was constituted in its Annual General Meeting that was held in the city today. The meeting was presided over by president Naba Kumar Doley and representatives of the various affiliated units of the association attended the meeting which also re-elected Hiren Gogoi as treasurer.

The meeting discussed on various subjects that included the governing body’s decision to expel former joint secretary Samvid Sarma for life from the Association. The Annual General Meeting today accepted the decision of the governing body to expel Sarma for life. It may be mentioned here that Sarma alleged that outgoing secretary Hemendra Nath Brahma and treasurer Hiren Gogoi were involved in financial anomalies in connection with the World Cup Qualifier between India and Oman held at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium in the city in 2019. He also filed an FIR at the Paltan Bazar Police Station against both the officials.

New Committee of the Assam Football Association: President-Naba Kumar Doley. Secretary- Sangrang Brahma. Treasurer- Hiren Gogoi.Vice Presidents-Debajit Dutta, Santanu Puzari, Jitu Bordoloi, Amalesh Choudhury, Muktananda Bhattacharjee, Jiten Borthakur, Daobaisa Boro, Kabir Ranjan Brahma, Budhraj Chetry and Ajay Bharali. Joint Secretaries-Pankaj Teron, Himangshu Baishya and Akash Phukan. Assistant Secretaries- Raju Boro, Sanjib Baruah, Abhijit Kalita and Dusmonta Bora. Governing Body Members-Hemendra Nath Brahma, Lakhya Konwar, Manik Gogoi, Arunjyoti Moran, Sarat Hazarika, Paramanda Lahon, Asim Majumder, Kushum Deka, Debabrata Paul, Jagir Khan, Sukumar Medhi, Uttam Brahma, Bhaba Gogoi, Ratul Saikia, Dulen Basumatary, Santaram Basumatary, Debabrata Das and Bikash Pathak.

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