In the letter, he highlighted the demotion of I-League, currently India's top tier league to 2nd Division and promotion of Indian Super League, a 2-year old private tournament, as the top League, with no scope of promotion from latter to the former.
In an interview given to Hindustan Times, Badgamiya said that, “I don’t know if they were aware of it or not. It was my responsibility to let them know that I-League will be demoted to League 1 and all of a sudden, a new tournament is going to become the premier tournament of India,”
"We don’t mind the merger of the leagues. But the conditions are not right. What we are saying is they can’t just push us aside suddenly."
Badgamiya was also critical of the 'One City-One Club' concept and believes that it will create an existential crisis for their club. "The only options we are left with are - to merge our team with Mumbai City FC or play in the lower division which is League 1.”
The Essel Group owned club was established in 2007 and started in 2nd Division League. They earned promotion to I-League in 2008 and maintained their position in it since. They finished 5th in I-League this season, their best finish so far and appointed Santosh Kashyap as their Head Coach for the upcoming season.
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