New Delhi: The Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai welcomed Thursday the Supreme Court order on mandatory cooling off period for BCCI office-bearers after two consecutive terms and for putting a roadmap in place for the board’s elections.
“This is an excellent order by the Honourable Court. I have absolutely no problem with office-bearers having two consecutive terms. Even I had originally wanted a six-year term before cooling off period but couldn’t get consensus,” Rai told this agency on what is being seen as the most significant aspect of the order.
Even I had originally wanted a six-year term before cooling off period but couldn’t get consensus. Hence this is an excellent order by the apex court
Vinod Rai
Rai said another positive to come out is the time-line set by the apex court for the adoption of the approved BCCI constitution, which will also pave the way for the board’s elections provided there is 100 per cent compliance by the state associations.
The state units were warned Thursday by the SC to either comply or face action. “Now we finally have a roadmap in place which will lead to adoption of the new constitution and subsequently elections. Now there is a time-line in place,” Rai pointed out. He also expressed satisfaction that all the original members like Mumbai have retained their voting rights.
Another CoA member Diana Edulji also welcomed the latest order. “We are happy with the judgement. We were appointed by the Supreme Court in the first place to oversee reforms. Now that SC has modified its order, we will have to see that it is implemented properly. I hope everybody will comply and cricket will move on,” she stated.
“We don’t have anything personal (against any BCCI official). We were nominated by the SC to do a job and our focus has always been on that,” added the former skipper of the Indian women’s team.
