AGENCY
MUMBAI: In a complete defiance of the Supreme Court of India, the BCCI on Saturday rejected key recommendations of the Lodha Committee, like one-state one-vote, age limit of 70 years and cooling-off period of three years, setting the stage for another round of confrontation with the a apex court.
The Board’s Special General Body, which met here on Saturday, deliberated on the recommendations and chose to stick to their stand by accepting only a few minor recommendations as most of the members were on the same page.
They have also not accepted the recommendation on selection panel, which called for three selectors, instead of five, and with Test experience.
Among the significant recommendations adopted unanimously in the meeting on Saturday were induction of the representative of Comptroller and Auditor General as the member of the Apex Council as well as the IPL Governing Council and the formation of the Apex Council with certain modifications.
The BCCI release mentioned about the “various committees as recommended by the Justice Lodha Committee including the special committee for the differently abled and the Women’s Committee”.
Another recommendation was “formation of the Players Association and their representation on the Committee”. As per one of the recommendations, the SGM authorised the CEO to contact the steering committee as proposed by the Justice Lodha Committee and commence the formation of the cricket players association.
The members were unanimous in giving voting rights to the Associate members as per the ICC guidelines. It was also decided that Puducherry be granted associate membership of the BCCI as proposed at Item No. 7 in the timeline report. (PTI)
