New Delhi: Why India with 139 crore population is not participating in World Cup Football is the concern of every Indian football lover. Especially for Malayalees who love football. That is why VK Sreekanthan MP has asked this question to the Centre. Will India play World Cup Football? VK Sreekanthan MP asked. Sports Minister Anurag Thakur replied that the Indian Football Federation is fully responsible for making the Indian team eligible for the FIFA World Cup. The Minister said that the Ministry is providing all support and financial assistance to the Football Federation through the National Football Federation Scheme.
However, the minister did not answer the MP’s question as to why the financial assistance provided by the Indian Football Federation, which is said to be providing all the support, was cut from 30 crores to 5 crores.
At the same time, India’s announcement that it will not be the venue for the 2027 Asian Cup of Football angered the fans, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that following the FIFA Football World Cup, a festival like Qatar will be held in India once. After this, the silence of the center is the questions that every football lover wanted to ask. However, FIFA has announced that 48 countries will participate in the upcoming World Cup. VK Sreekandan asked the question of every common fan whether the players from India, which has the second largest population in the world, will play in the World Cup at least in the coming years.
