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[caption id="attachment_27099" align="aligncenter" width="580"] Praful Patel is the president of the AIFF. File Pic[/caption] Internet Desk: Aizawl FC's threat of a bigger protest against AIFF and IMG-R, gets a strong reply from the AIFF President Praful Patel today. A few days back after winning the I-League title, the Aizawl club president Robert Royte threatened to go for a huge protest if they are not included in the proposed merger league of ISL which will suppose to be the top tier football league in India. But today, The AIFF President Praful Patel responded strongly by saying that the threats will not work in a sporting federation. In an interaction with ANI, Praful Patel said,”Threats don’t work in a sporting organization, nothing decided yet”. It may be recalled here that  the newly crowned champions of India,Aizawl FC have been contemplating to protest by fasting unto death if they are excluded from the proposed Indian Super League (ISL) and the I-League merger In a letter to the All India Football Federation (AIFF), the Aizawl Fc officials have also said that they would write to the Union Sports Minister Vijay Goel, Prime Minister Narender Modi and also to Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa. Meanwhile, Robert Royte, The Aizawl FC told www.xtratime.in ,“We have already written to the AIFF claiming a place in the new merged new league. Till now we’ve received no response. Being the champions in the top national league, if any team is demoted to the 2nd division, it will be hard to digest. But we are hopeful that AIFF will respond to it,” he said. On the flip side, Central Sports Minister Vijay Goel made a significant statement after he was asked to comment on the Aizawl issue, Goel who was in the city to inspect the Salt Lake Stadium ahead of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, said: "I have not got a letter from anyone. But as you are saying, I have also heard. I will table this problem of the I-League in front of All India Football Federation and will talk to them."