Chennai, Dec. 29 -- All India Chess Federation (AICF) President P.R. Venketrama Raja on Saturday suffered a setback in the ongoing power struggle with Secretary Bharat Singh Chauhan as the general body meeting passed the resolutions proposed by the latter.

However, the rival camp is of the view that many of the resolutions were outside the meeting agenda. The meeting was chaotic and how far the resolutions passed by voice vote would stand legal scrutiny is a question.

The general body meeting chaired by Raja was held at Bhopal with Satyajit Sankrit as the Central government's observer.

According to persons belonging to Chauhan's camp, representatives from 19 out of 28 affiliated state units who attended the meeting passed the motions t...