Karnataka: Yasir Hassan elected as state President of Popular Front of India
Bengaluru: State General Assembly of Popular Front of India(PFI), Karnataka state was held on 27 - 29 February 2020 in Puttur of Dakshina Kannada district. New office bearers for the term 2020 - 2022 were elected. Yasir Hassan was elected as new state president and Nasir Pasha Bangalore as State General Secretary of Popular Front of India, Karnataka.
The newly elected office bearers and State Executive Committee members are furnished below.
Ayyub Agnadi (Vice President), Muhammad Shareef (Secretary), Shahid Nasir Gulbarga (Treasurer) and Executive Members are Abdul Khadar, Abdul Majeed, Shareef Kodaje and Muhammad Thafseer.
The three days State General Assembly was inaugurated with flag hoisting by the outgoing State President Muhammad Saqib. Delegates representing various places of the state were participated in the meeting. Evaluation of organizational activities of the last year and discussion on future plan was took place in the meeting.
Election for the new leadership was conducted. Yasir Hassan, newly elected state president delivered presidential address. He said Popular Front has been warning about the situations of our country from the past few decades. Presently Fascism has grown up like devil and spread it's tentacles to every nook and corner of our country. It is now questioning our existence through citizenship acts like CAA, NRC, NPR. Ongoing situation in Delhi is very much perturbing. We need to face the threats of Hindutva Fascism with bold steps and steadfastness. He said, the organization will be in forefront in every struggle and movements to resist the challenges facing before the nation.
State General Secretary of Popular Front Karnataka presented the annual report. A detailed discussion and evaluation about the activities of the organization was conducted. National Secretary Afsar Pasha convened the election process. National.General Secretary Anees Ahmad took oath of the newly elected office bearers.
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England sticking with Key, McCullum and Stokes despite Ashes humbling
London (AP): England is not sacking anybody following the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia.
A review of the tour by the England and Wales Cricket Board, announced within hours of the final match in January, was concluded on Monday. Firing people would “be the easy thing to do,” ECB chief executive Richard Gould said but he insisted, "This is not the time to throw everything out."
Managing director Rob Key, coach Brendon McCullum and captain Ben Stokes kept their jobs after the best England side to go to Australia in 14 years lost the Ashes in 11 days with two games to spare.
“Moving people on can sometimes be the easy thing to do. That's not the route that we're going to take,” Gould said. “I've seen the driving ambition and determination that we're lucky enough to have within our leadership group to take the lessons from the Ashes and move forward.”
Gould previously was the chief executive of Bristol City soccer club and said the ECB would not follow the same route as soccer's hire-and-fire culture.
“Cricket is a very unique sport in that it takes a team of leadership ... it's not like football where there's a single point of failure or success with a manager," he said. He added the ECB would not “select or deselect management based on a popularity campaign.”
The main criticisms of England's tour were poor preparation, player misbehavior, and selection mistakes.
At a press conference at Lord's, Gould and Key said McCullum and Stokes have not had a “bust up,” they did not want McCullum to “completely change” but “to evolve,” the behavior of some players was “unprofessional,” there will be more consequences for underperforming, and a commitment to “better long-term planning” ahead of major test series.
Some changes were already implemented for the Twenty20 World Cup, where England reached the semifinals. Gould implied that performance saved McCullum.
Key acknowledged that England supporters would be disappointed to see the management team go unpunished.
“I know people want punishment and that people then should be sacked for that,” Key said. “That doesn't mean we don't feel like we've gone through some serious pain: Brendon, myself, Ben. It's been as tough a time as I think I've had.”
