"Liar president (Sultan).... He is unethical.... morally corrupt. It is simply impossible for me to work under the same roof with a complete liar like him," said a visibly angered Salahuddin, BFF's vice-president and chairman of the National Team Management Committee (NTMC), at a press conference yesterday.

The former star footballer came down heavily on Sultan, a ruling party lawmaker, in a reaction of BFF president 's decision of naming its vice-president Abdur Rahim and member Amirul Islam Babu as team leader and manager of the national team for the upcoming SA Games, ignoring NTMC's advice.

Salahuddin was also not bothered to follow the normal procedure about his decision to resign from his posts as he deemed his public announcement was good enough.

"The moment this press conference is completed I will leave the building (BFF Bhaban) and I will never come back here to live with a liar. The announcement is good enough, so there is no need to tender my resignation. I can assure everybody that there is no possibility of returning like the previous occasion," assured Salahuddin.

Ashrafuddin Ahmed Chunnu expressed his solidarity declaring that he will also resign from the post of the assistant general secretary while BFF vice-president Monir Hossain, Syeed Hassan Kanan, Golam Rabbani Helal and Imtiaz Ahmed Jonny also tendered their resignation en masse from the NTMC but expressed their desires to hold BFF executive committee posts.

"I returned home yesterday, just for a day, leaving my seriously ailing mother alone in a hospital in Bangkok to resolve the issue. But I suddenly learnt that the president has called a press conference to announce the officials. You all know I had backed the federation last October after the president had made a commitment not to interfere our activities. I request you to read his statement to understand the man," said Salahuddin.

The former national captain also explained how the BFF president, who had once agreed that the manager post should go to an ex-player and announced that the BFF would regard the NTMC's recommendation as a 'decision', took a complete U-turn during the press conference on Thursday.

"There had been no voting about the selection of the tour officials during the BFF executive meeting. You can check the minutes of the meeting to understand his false statement. If NTMC's choice of Abu Noman Nannu as manager is unacceptable then they can talk to us. Why was he so hurried in declaring the name of the officials via a press conference? It is an unprecedented event if I remember right," questioned the finest striker the country has ever produced.

"If he has the honesty and courage he could dissolve the NTMC and make a new one to fulfil his desires," he added.

Salahuddin also criticised Abdur Rahim, who was partially responsible for the chaotic situation last October by raising Babu's name as manager for SAF Championship.

"Now I can understand that I have been trapped into this situation. Can you imagine that this man (Rahim) told me over telephone that Babu has a long-cherished dream to tour with the national team as a manager but I requested him to sacrifice his position but it is impossible to make a non-technical man the manager," he informed.

Salahuddin not only expressed his sheer frustration over the BFF activities but also explained how a vested group has used the federation as a platform to showcase themselves and tour abroad thus misusing the moneys.

"I hear it quite often that they join BFF to ensure foreign trips and it is their ultimate target. What a frustrating fact it is for our football. But to me football is a love, a passion. I joined the federation after the Prime Minster asked me to serve it for the better interest of the game but the liar told the press that he brought me into the federation," he said.

"It is a shame for me that I was a member of this committee who even lack the basic capability of arranging money for a permanent coach. You know, I was nearly begging for money to fulfil the foreign aid demands and my 25-year long reputation backed me up and we were somehow able to manage it," he said adding that he will pay the remaining money of the Argentine coach, Diego Cruciani.

Salahuddin concluded his long speech with a demand, where he shouted for an independent inquiry committee to locate whether the BFF president had sabotaged Bangladesh in the SAF Championship.

"I am not sure but I have a doubt weather he sabotaged the team in the competition, especially before the final match to try to get at me. I think we can only find the truth if we make an inquiry committee," he demanded.