BCCI to move Supreme Court on Lodha report
The BCCI was under pressure to respond to SC on the issue before the March 3 deadline.
Mumbai: The BCCI on Friday decided to file an affidavit in the Supreme Court to point out the “anomalies” in the Lodha report, and the “difficulties” encountered in the implementation of all its recommendations. The board has authorised its secretary, Anurag Thakur, to file an affidavit in the apex court.
The BCCI was under pressure to respond to SC on the issue before the March 3 deadline and had convened a Special General Meeting here on Friday to get the views of the various affiliates.
While Mr Thakur informed that the affidavit would be filed on March 3, Mr Rajiv Shukla was confident it could happen earlier. Senior lawyer K.K. Venugopal may plead BCCI’s case. The board is apparently finding it hard to implement one state-one vote (set to affect the six associations within the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat).
A cut down of the selection panel to three is making them apprehensive, as two zones will remain unrepresented. Some other points in the affidavit are — the age cap of 70 years and cooling off period of three years between two posts. Not holding position simultaneously in both state and BCCI, like secretary Mr Thakur, treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary and joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary is another concern.