Press Trust of India
Mumbai, Feb 19: The BCCI unanimously decided Friday to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court pointing out the ‘anomalies and difficulties’ in implementing the Justice Lodha Committee recommendations on the restructuring of the cricket board.
It was decided in the special general meeting (SGM) of the BCCI here that secretary Anurag Thakur will file an affidavit on behalf of the board in the apex court.
The Lodha Committee has recommended wide ranging sweeping reforms in the BCCI including having only one vote per state, age cap of its officials, no simultaneous posts in state and national body along with restrictions on advertisements in televised cricket matches.
“The members authorised the honorary secretary, BCCI to file an affidavit in the Hon’ble Supreme Court on behalf of the board BCCI pointing out the anomalies and difficulties encountered in implementation of Hon’ble Justice Lodha Committee’s recommendations,” the BCCI said in a release after the meeting.
It was also learnt that BCCI has told its affiliated state associations that they can file affidavit separately on the difficulties they face due to the recommendations.
In fact Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA), which will be affected on two counts – losing voting rights due to ‘One State One Vote’ recommendation which may come into effect and its president Niranjan Shah requiring to quit if the age-cap of 70 is implemented, is moving court. SCA supremo for the last two decades Niranjan Shah said, “We will be filing an affidavit in Supreme Court.”
BCCI is most worried about the recommendation of ‘having advertisement breaks only during lunch or tea in international matches’ which will lead to the board losing approximately Rs 1500 crore of revenues.
In a separate meeting held during the day, the BCCI working committee also authorised the president and secretary to appoint an agency to search for candidates for the posts of CEO and CFO for the BCCI, as one of the reforms suggested by the SC appointed committee.
