<p>With a lot of VVIPs, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, arriving in the city to visit the ailing Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Jyoti Basu, Kolkata Police advised the state football association to postpone the match.<br /><br />"A lot of VVIPs are coming to the city and the police will be busy manning them. Due to security concerns the match now has been postponed. We are working out as to when we can organise the game," IFA secretary Utpal Ganguli said.<br />Mohun Bagan, however were disappoited by the move.<br />"This is not a Mohun Bagan-East Bengal match. Supporters will be one-sided and ten policemen are enough for security. Without any proper reason, they have postponed the match," a miffed Mohun Bagan general secretary Anjan Mitra said.<br /><br />He further quipped that in New Delhi there is always a movement of VVIPs, including the President. "So should no match be conducted in the capital," Mitra asked.<br />Mohun Bagan were scheduled to play Churchill Brothers in round nine I-League encounter at 2.30pm today.</p>
<p>With a lot of VVIPs, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, arriving in the city to visit the ailing Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Jyoti Basu, Kolkata Police advised the state football association to postpone the match.<br /><br />"A lot of VVIPs are coming to the city and the police will be busy manning them. Due to security concerns the match now has been postponed. We are working out as to when we can organise the game," IFA secretary Utpal Ganguli said.<br />Mohun Bagan, however were disappoited by the move.<br />"This is not a Mohun Bagan-East Bengal match. Supporters will be one-sided and ten policemen are enough for security. Without any proper reason, they have postponed the match," a miffed Mohun Bagan general secretary Anjan Mitra said.<br /><br />He further quipped that in New Delhi there is always a movement of VVIPs, including the President. "So should no match be conducted in the capital," Mitra asked.<br />Mohun Bagan were scheduled to play Churchill Brothers in round nine I-League encounter at 2.30pm today.</p>