Mercy Kuttan resigns as Sports Council president

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Mercy Kuttan has resigned as the Sports Council president. Mercy Kuttan resigned from the post due to disagreements with Sports Minister V Abdurahiman. Sports Council vice president and five standing committee members also submitted their resignations along with Mercy Kuttan.

Earlier, the government had demanded the resignation of Mercy Kuttan and all the Council members due to their disagreement with the sports minister. U Sharaf Ali will be the next president. Mercy Kuttan had earlier coaxed the government publicly to bring more amendments to better the facilities provided to Olympic aspirants in the state. After this, a disagreement arose between the Minister and the president of the Sports Council.