New Delhi, September 13
Haryana and Tamil Nadu remain the defiant one, the two biggest state cricket associations who have not accepted the Lodha Committee’s recommendations.
Three state associations — Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh — have now decided to accept the Lodha Committee recommendations and amend their constitutions. After this, only four state associations — Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Arunachal Pradesh — remain non-compliant ahead of the deadline for the state association elections, September 28.
The Supreme Court-appointed COA, which last week extended the deadline of holding state elections by two weeks, had issued an ultimatum to state bodies to put their house in order by September 12.
The state elections will be followed by the BCCI elections on October 22. The constitutional amendments are with regards to administrative reforms recommended by the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee.
“A lot of associations sought clarifications and they have been provided. Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh came to us today (and their concerns have been addressed,” said Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai after a meeting today.
Out of 38 state units, seven were non-compliant last week. With Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka coming on board, the number of non-compliant units has been reduced to four, including two big ones. Referring to them, Rai said: “None from Haryana and Tamil Nadu has come to us.”
This means that the four non-compliant associations would not be able to hold the elections as per the directives of CoA, and would not be allowed to vote at the BCCI elections next month. Their funding is likely to be stopped as well.
MCA case
On Wednesday, former Chairman of State Law Commission of Maharashtra, DN Choudhari, had turned down the Mumbai Cricket Association’s (MCA) offer to become an electoral officer for its upcoming elections, Choudhari had said holding elections will be disregarding the Supreme Court order of July 5, 2018.
Asked his view on the matter, Rai said: “It is totally incorrect. If that is the case, how are 30 states conducting the elections? That stay order was of July last year.”
CoA has directed states to complete the electoral process by September 28. Asked if the state and the subsequent BCCI elections are on track, Rai said, “There is no doubt about that.” TNS, PTI
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