Reports | BJP's Kalyan Chaubey likely to take over as AIFF president

“The decision has been taken in a Delhi hotel, on yesterday evening that the State Associations will nominate the candidates unanimously and elect them without contest," he said. The state associations had scheduled a news conference for Wednesday but had to postpone it for unforeseen circumstances. IANS was informed by the sources that a dispute over a select few names was the cause of the news conference's postponement. However, it has now been agreed that Chaubey and Haris will both be elected with 100% support.

The sources state that the 14 executive committee members will be from the following states: Avijit Paul from Orissa, Syed Imtiaz Husain from Bihar, Menla Ethenpa from Sikkim, Mohan Lal from Chattisgarh, Lalnghinglova Hmar from Mizoram, K Neibou Sekhose from Nagaland, Deepak Sharma from Himachal Pradesh, Arif Ali from Uttarakhand, Vijay Bali from Punjab, Anilkumar

According to the returning officer, nominations for the positions may be submitted from August 25 to 27; however, the scrutiny will take place on August 28. On August 29, contenders will have the opportunity to withdraw their nominations, and on August 30, the returning officer will compile the final list of contestants and post it on the AIFF website.