raipur close on the heels of a demand by hundreds of eligible sportspersons from the state government to declare them excellent sportspersons a circular of chhattisgarh olympic association cgoa the parent body of all sports bodies in the state that protects the interest of sportspersons announcing the date of a special general meeting to elect secretary general has come as a jolt for themthe circular bearing the signature of bashir ahmed khan chief executive officer and vice president of cgoa reads that the special general meeting of the association will be held on april 30 to elect the new secretary general treasurer joint secretary and an executive member the letter reads that the meeting has been convened after several newspapers published the news regarding the resignation of secretary general gurucharan singh hora from the post on september 28 2022 while treasurer sahiram jakhar resigned on september 23 2022 however the resignation of jakhar was not yet accepted sources in the association said that congress mla devendra yadav who is also the incharge of state governments ambitious rajiv yuva mitan club is being pipped for the post of the secretary general and this meeting is being called after his intervention chief minister bhupesh baghel is the president of the cgoasources said that the sports activities in the state have almost come to a standstill and files related to excellent sportsperson and state award are gathering dusts in the state secretariat for over a year due to the groupism rampant in the association the office bearers of the association are more busy in settling their matters instead of paying heed to the players interest sources allegedmeanwhile gurucharan singh hora said that he is the secretary general of the chhattisgarh olympic association i will talk to the president of the association and discuss on the letter issued by someone who is not eligible for the same the decision on meeting is taken on the permission of president or secretary general said hora sources in the association also said that the union ministry of sports and youth affairs has abolished the post of chief executive officeron the other hand this infighting in the association has hurt the sportspersons of the state fighting for their rights for the last fourfive years recently they staged a dharna at the directorate of sports and youth welfare in raipur demanding excellent sportspersons status for them however the officials told them that the files were sent to the secretariat for approval