New Delhi: Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla and former India captain Sourav Ganguly were Tuesday named in the BCCI’s seven-member committee to analyse the few contentious Lodha panel reforms which are being opposed by the state units. The committee was formed here during the special general meeting (SGM) of the board.
The other members of the panel are TC Mathew (Kerala Cricket), Naba Bhattacharjee (North East representative), Jay Shah (Gujarat Cricket Association), BCCI treasurer Anirudh Chaudhary and BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary.
The committee’s mandate is to ‘identify the few critical points in respect of the said judgement for the general body of the BCCI to consider before its submission to the Hon’ble Supreme Court’.
“In view of the fact that the next date of hearing (in the Supreme Court) in the matter is fixed for July 14, 2017, the committee is requested to fix an early date for its meeting in order to ensure that the above task is undertaken with utmost urgency and its written report circulated by July 10, 2017 so that the same may be considered by the GB and finalized prior to the above hearing,” the BCCI said in a statement.
“BCCI acting president CK Khanna will be apprised on a regular basis on the deliberations of the committee and the report shall finally be submitted to him to present it to the GB,” it said further referring to acting chief who could not attend the SGM due to personal reasons.
The four contentious Lodha panel recommendations that is delaying the implementation process are ‘one-state, one vote’, ‘age cap of 70 for office-bearers’, ‘cooling-off period for office-bearers’ and ‘size of the national selection panel’.
Ganguly is also the president of the Cricket Association of Bengal as well as a member of the Cricket Advisory Committee which has been entrusted with the task of selecting the India head coach after Anil Kumble’s acrimonious exit.
Highlights
Seven-member panel formed by the BCCI to look into the few contentious Lodha panel recommendations
Committee asked to submit report by July 10
