Published: Jul 19, 2016, 12:19 AM (IST)
Edited: Jul 19, 2016, 12:19 AM (IST)
New Delhi: The union minister for sports Vijay Goel on Monday made it clear that implementation of the Supreme Court verdict on Lodha Committee’s recommended reforms will be purely BCCI‘s prerogative as the “ball is in their court”. “The ball is in BCCI’s court. Implementation has to be done by BCCI. BCCI needs to take note of the Supreme Court order and Lodha committee report. As far as I am concerned, all I want is transparency in sports,” Goel told mediapersons at the official send-off of the Indian Olympic contingent. On the proposal of having BCCI under RTI ambit, Goel did not make any conclusive comment. “I am not going into every clause of the Lodha committee. As I have said ball is in the BCCI’s court,” he stated. CAB treasurer expresses reconsideration of SC verdict on age bar
The Supreme Court verdict accepting the Lodha Committee recommendations on age-cap of 70 years on BCCI office-bearers today effectively meant the end of the road for veteran administrators like Sharad Pawar, N Srinivasan, and Niranjan Shah to name a few. The SC verdict, as per recommendations, will also mean that BCCI President Anurag Thakur (Himachal Pradesh), Secretary Ajay Shirke (Maharashtra), Treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhary (Haryana) and Joint Secretary Amitabh Chaudhary (Jharkhand) will have to forego their positions in their respective state associations to avoid “Conflict of Interest.” BCCI needs me more than MCA: Ajay Shirke
The Board has been given six months’ time to implement the recommendations. While former BCCI president Pawar is 75 years old, Tamil Nadu strongman Srinivasan is currently 71 years old. Both are presidents of their respective state associations — Mumbai CA and TNCA respectively.
