KOLKATA: Administrative chaos continued to plague

with the club’s general secretary

refusing to accept

as president after the latter decided to withdraw his resignation from the post. In a letter to Bose, Mitra on Monday asked him to “restrain” himself from acting as the club president till his withdrawal of resignation is passed by the executive committee.

Bose had stepped down from the post last year, citing ill health, but had a change of heart last week and decided to withdraw his resignation and express his desire to continue as the club president. Interestingly, Bose’s resignation had not been accepted.

Bose even formed a three-member committee, which included lawyers Gitanath Ganguly and Siladitya Sanyal, to discuss the resignation of former treasurer Debashish Dutta.

Mitra, however, wrote to the two lawyers, insisting that the committee, formed by Bose, be taken as “void ab initio” (treated as invalid).

In his response to Mitra’s letter, Bose on Monday urged him to “end misgivings” and “work together for the welfare of the club.”

He also accused of Mitra of being “unmindful” of his own conduct.

“It appears you have misled by gross error of understanding and misconception in issuing the letter. It also appears that you are unmindful of your own conduct, which contradicts what you have purported to suggest… I shall continue to discharge my duties as president of the club with utmost sincerity and commitment,” Bose wrote in the letter addressed to Mitra.

With the club facing financial crisis without sponsors, it remains to be seen how the sparring between the two key officials will influence the club’s preparation for a new season.