The West Bengal surrendered to the whim of religious fundamentalists and cancelled woman's football match. The local Muslim clergy felt that the women players would be wearing short dress that would spoil the local women. This is indeed funny. The governments of the day surrender before Hindu as well as Muslim fanatics alternatively.
Anamika Sen, a former FIFA grade referee who is now an AIFF match commissioner and instructor, says
"I do not know in what kind of a world we are living. Such a thing might have happened a hundred years ago, but it is unbelievable that the administration gave in to such fundamentalist elements in this day and agAt the same time it's heartening to note what whatRazi, president of the Progressive Youth Club of Harishchandrapur, one of the chief organisers, said the match, which was to have been played on the field of the local girls’ higher secondary school, was intended to encourage women to take an interest in football
