Ranjit Bajaj, owner of I-League club Delhi FC and also the owner of the country’s premier football school Minerva Academy has sought immediate resignation of the All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Kalyan Chaube after India conceded a disappointing loss to Hong Kong in the Asian Cup qualifier on Tuesday.

Bajaj, speaking to the Parallel Sports YouTube channel on Wednesday slammed the AIFF president for the senior national team’s disastrous show stating, “The AIFF president should be solely responsible for the senior national team’s consistent failure since Manolo Marquez took over charge of the national team in last July. Manolo is being criticized now. But despite being aware of his engagement with FC Goa why did the AIFF president appoint him as the coach of senior national team?”

Bajaj, raising his voice for Indian coaches in the context, added, “Why Khalid Jamil, the country’s most successful Indian coach was not chosen as the senior national coach? There are a few more Indian coaches who could be selected as the national coach. Why is the AIFF president so unwilling to appoint Indian coaches? Unless Chaube resigns Indian football will not grow.”

However, at the same time, Bajaj is seeking specific clarification about AIFF’s proper investment in the youth development program. “Where is the money AIFF has been gaining from the ISL being used? I want to know specifically how much investment is being made for a proper youth development program. Do we have a quality national under-14 team? Unless we are placed in the top four in the AFC under-14 we cannot qualify for the under-17 World Cup and all these disasters are due to one man, Kalyan Chaube,” claimed Ranjit Bajaj.