Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya stepped in to resolve the crisis in Indian football by holding meetings with its many stakeholders in New Delhi on Wednesday (December 3, 2025), promising a way out of the ongoing policy paralysis and state of financial disaster but not before asking pointed questions on what led to the current situation.

The meetings featured All India Football Federation's under-fire president Kalyan Chaubey, representatives of the currently on-hold Indian Super League clubs and I League clubs, prospective commercial partners, Football Sports Development Limited (FSDL), which is AIFF's commercial partner till December 8, and some OTT platforms like Fancode.

"The Minister heard all the stakeholders and took down their inputs. He has made it clear that the stalemate will

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