Praful Patel of Gondia District retained his post as the President of the Western India Football Association (WIFA). He was elected unopposed during the quadrennial elections held at the Media Centre, Cooperage Football Ground, here, on Saturday.
Haresh Vora (Nagpur District), Chhatrapati Malojiraje (Kolhapur District), Vishwajeet Kadam (Pune District), Shrikant Shinde (Thane District) and Sunil Dhande (Beed District) were also elected unopposed as the five Vice-Presidents of the association.
The Hon. Secretary is Kiran Chougule (Solapur District) and the Hon. Treasurer is Salim Parkote (Latur District). The three Assistant Secretary posts have gone to Raziuddin Ansari (Nanded District), Ahmed Lalani (Bhandara District) and Sushilkumar Surve (Amravati District), all were elected unopposed.
Thirteen Committee Members were also elected unopposed.
The following Office Bearers and Committee Members were elected to the WIFA Executive Committee for the term 2023-2027.
President: Praful Patel (Gondia).
Vice-Presidents (5): Haresh Vora (Nagpur), Chhatrapati Malojiraje (Kolhapur), Vishwajeet Kadam (Pune), Shrikant Shinde (Thane), Sunil Dhande (Beed).
Hon. Secretary: Kiran Chougule (Solapur).
Hon. Treasurer: Salim Parkote (Latur).
Asst. Secretary (3): Raziuddin Ansari (Nanded), Ahmed Lalani (Bhandara), Sushilkumar Surve (Amravati).
Committee Members: Jaggu Sayyad (Sangli), Ravindra Darekar (Gadchiroli), Deepak Dixit (Chandrapur), Sushil Dixit (Yavatmal), Anand Kalokar (Wardha), Dhanraj More (Ratnagiri), Yogesh Pardeshi (Nandurbar), Azgar Patel (Hingoli), Mitesh Patel (Palghar), Namdeo Wankhade (Buldana), Ramesh Shelke (Jalna), Siraj-ul-Haque Syed (Parbhani), Manoj Walvekar (Ahmednagar).