AICF panel gives Lahiri a clean chit, Barua calls it a farce
5 years, 2 months ago

AICF panel gives Lahiri a clean chit, Barua calls it a farce

The Hindu  

The All India Chess Federation’s three-member enquiry committee has given a ‘clean chit’ to Atanu Lahiri even as legal battle with Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua is awaiting a final verdict. Hours after the All India Chess Federation chose not to discuss the sub-judice matter in its Central Council meeting on Tuesday, the AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan received the final report of the committee in an email from the federation president P. R. Venketramaraja. AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan said the next Central Council meet, to be held in December, would decide the fate of the enquiry committee report. I requested the AICF president for an impartial panel but he expressed his confidence in the members of the committee.” Continuing his tirade, Barua asked, “When the Bengal Chess Association enquiry panel had found Lahiri guilty, and a Kolkata court had issued an order restraining Lahiri, where was the need for AICF to come up with this report in a sub judice matter?” Barua now plans to meet Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju and Bengal Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee to seek justice.

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Indian chess: Secretary removed, more turmoil in AICF
4 years, 9 months ago

Indian chess: Secretary removed, more turmoil in AICF

The Hindu  

The crisis-ridden All India Chess Federation plunged into further turmoil when its president P. R. Venketrama Raja removed Bharat Singh Chauhan from the post of secretary of the federation on Monday. In a three-page letter, dated March 30, addressed to Chauhan, Raja detailed reasons for his action and said he had no option but to exercise his “extraordinary powers as …

AICF president, secretary make counter-claims on Lahiri-Barua controversy
5 years ago

AICF president, secretary make counter-claims on Lahiri-Barua controversy

The Hindu  

The fight between All India Chess Federation president P Venketrama Raja and secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan intensified after the Special General Meeting in Bhopal on Saturday pertaining to issues with regards to Bengal Chess Association. The president’s faction through a press release claimed that GM Dibyendu Barua’s allegations of misappropriation of funds levelled against BCA secretary Atanu Lahiri has been …

AICF Central Council: Elections to be held on February 9
5 years ago

AICF Central Council: Elections to be held on February 9

The Hindu  

To end the ongoing crisis in the All India Chess Federation, its Central Council has decided to hold elections on February 9 in Ahmedabad. What is seen in the chess circles as another chapter in the ongoing battle of wits involving AICF president P. R. Venketrama Raja and secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan, 20 affiliates of the federation attended and endorsed …

Setback for P. R. Venketrama Raja as Madras HC allows AICF meeting
5 years ago

Setback for P. R. Venketrama Raja as Madras HC allows AICF meeting

The Hindu  

The Central Council Meeting of the crisis-ridden All India Chess Federation will be held, as notified, on Sunday after Madras High Court dismissed a plea from AICF president P. R. Venketrama Raja seeking an ad-interim injunction restraining secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan from convening the meeting. As things stand, the fourth Central Council meeting of the year, as stipulated by the …

Government orders cancellation of AICF GBM
5 years, 1 month ago

Government orders cancellation of AICF GBM

The Hindu  

In a dramatic development, the Sports Ministry suggested cancellation of All India Chess Federation’s Urgent Meeting of the General Body scheduled in Chennai on Saturday. It also asserted that non-compliance of the directive would invite “suspension/der-recognition of the federation.” The meeting was called by AICF president P. R. Venketrama Raja through a letter dated December 7. READ| AICF president and …

Chess: AICF president, secretary call separate general body meetings
5 years, 1 month ago

Chess: AICF president, secretary call separate general body meetings

The Hindu  

All is not well between the top two functionaries in the All-India Chess Federation. Federation president P. R. Venketrama Raja has called for a special meeting of the general body on December 14, after AICF secretary Bharath Singh Chauhan did the same to discuss, among other things, early elections. Chauhan wanted to hold the special general body meeting in Gurugram …

Atanu Lahiri calls for legal action against Dibyendu Barua
5 years, 2 months ago

Atanu Lahiri calls for legal action against Dibyendu Barua

The Hindu  

The crisis in the Bengal Chess Association deepened further as its beleaguered secretary Atanu Lahiri declared himself clean citing a report of All India Chess Federation enquiry committee and threatened to take legal action against GM Dibyendu Barua and all the people supporting him. Dibyendu Barua, the first Grandmaster from Bengal, had brought charges of financial misappropriation and other irregularities …

Chess: BCA condemns AICF panel action on Atanu Lahiri
5 years, 2 months ago

Chess: BCA condemns AICF panel action on Atanu Lahiri

The Hindu  

The Bengal Chess Association ad-hoc committee has strongly condemned the unilateral decision taken by the three-member All India Chess Federation enquiry committee, which favoured BCA secretary Atanu Lahiri in the issue of allegations of irregularities against him. In a statement on Monday, BCA vice-president Sayan Mukerji said the AICF panel went ahead with its job even when the matter is …

Bengal Chess Association removes Atanu Lahiri
5 years, 3 months ago

Bengal Chess Association removes Atanu Lahiri

The Hindu  

The Bengal Chess Association ad-hoc committee has removed Atanu Lahiri from the post of secretary over various allegations leveled against him by Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua. The BCA ad-hoc committee, headed by Atin Sengupta, took the decision on Tuesday as Lahiri did not respond to the show-cause notice issued to him even after 21 days. “The disciplinary committee has not received …

Sports Ministry directs AICF to take necessary action on Dibyendu Barua's complaint
5 years, 3 months ago

Sports Ministry directs AICF to take necessary action on Dibyendu Barua's complaint

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has directed All India Chess Federation to take necessary action on the complaint filed by Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua against Bengal Chess Association secretary Atanu Lahiri and provide the action taken report. On August 30, AICF secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan issued a press statement condemning Lahiri’s attitude and announced that the AICF would initiate …

Bengal Chess Association issues show-cause to secretary Atanu Lahiri
5 years, 4 months ago

Bengal Chess Association issues show-cause to secretary Atanu Lahiri

The Hindu  

The Bengal Chess Association has issued a show-cause notice to its secretary Atanu Lahiri over allegations of ‘misdeeds’ leveled by Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua. Following the All India Chess Federation initiating an enquiry against Lahiri, the BCA executive committee decided to show-cause its secretary for his questionable conduct, including an issue of conflict of interest, on August 31. The interim committee …

AICF to probe charges against Bengal Chess Association secretary
5 years, 4 months ago

AICF to probe charges against Bengal Chess Association secretary

The Hindu  

Strongly condemning Bengal Chess Association secretary Atanu Lahiri's 'attitude' the All India Chess Federation on Friday said it would set up a committee to initiate a thorough enquiry into the charges levelled against him by Grandmaster Dibyendu Barua. "The AICF strongly objects to the BCA passing a resolution to not invite Ganguly and Sengupta to any chess functions/activity. On Lahiri …

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