Usha might be relegated!

Usha Krira Chakra, defending champions of the Premier Division hockey league could be facing relegation as punishment for not turning up for the opening match of the Green Delta Insurance Premier Division Hockey League against Police AC yesterday.
The Old Dhaka powerhouse opted to skip the current league after receiving a letter from Bangladesh Hockey Federation, which declared Mohammedan winners of the Club Cup that ended in farcical circumstances earlier in March.
Usha KC had taken part in the Club Cup final against Mohammedan while protesting at the same time the opponents' decision to field an unregistered foreign player. The high-ups of the game's governing body interfered to convince both sides to take part in the final in presence of the Finance Minister. The game ended 15 minutes before the scheduled time due to poor light with Mohammedan declared champions as they were leading 2-1 at the time. Usha immediately made their grievances known as they did not receive runners up medallion and lodged a complain with the league committee to take action according to bylaws.
The League Committee with a majority consensus made a recommendation to the BHF working committee in its last meeting to abandon the Club Cup citing Mohammedan's claim that they did not receive any copy of the bylaws of the tournament throughout the tournament.
But, BHF ignored league committee's recommendation and did not even sit for reviewing the recommendation.
"Three days ago, I talked to the federation president and he took full responsibility for declaring Mohammedan winners," BHF general secretary Khondokar Jamiluddin said, "If we make any change to the decision of the Club Cup final match, then it will dishonour a senior minister of the government, who witnessed the match and distributed prizes."
Jamil also said that the complaint lodged by Usha was not valid since it was not submitted properly and also informed that Usha would now be relegated in line with bylaws for skipping the match.
Jamil also said that they had apologised to Usha for the mistakes made during the farcical final of the club cup and expected Usha to accept the result in greater interest of hockey.
However, Usha KC general secretary and BHF joint secretary Abdur Rashid Shikdar has expressed his disbelief at receiving the letter from Bangladesh Hockey Federation that declared Mohammedan winners of the Club Cup.