Major reshuffle in SAI leads to voices of dissent

A major reshuffle in the Sports Authority of India has led to strong voice of dissent among officials with many questioning the wisdom behind transferring key administrators while merging the Long Term Development Programme (LTDP) with the Teams Division.
In the second round of transfers since Jiji Thomson took over as the new SAI DG three months ago, veteran sports administrators like Roque Dias, Radhica Sreeman, Sanjiv Sharma, S C Sharma and Dr. Prem Chand Kashyap have been either transferred or shifted to new departments with immediate effect "to make SAI more active and result-oriented".
"It's a process which has been undertaken to restructure SAI and make the organisation more active and result-oriented. Some of the officers posted in Delhi have been sent to different SAI centres while some have been shifted to other departments," SAI DG Jiji Thomson told PTI.

"Some more changes are in the pipeline. We had made our first round of changes in the North-East and these are the second round of changes. Some more officials will be transferred while others will be shifted to new divisions," he added.
However, Thomson's explanation hasn't gone down well with some of the SAI office-bearers who questioned the logic behind the "wholesome changes".
"S C Sharma did not even complete six months of his tenure as Director, Patiala and he has been brought back as Coordination in-charge. Karam Singh did not complete one month as Deputy Director, Aurangabad and has been transferred to Patiala.