Published 10:29 IST, July 7th 2020

Question on Ganguly's continuance raised with former CJIs & BCCI Ombudsman

Some serious questions have been raised on BCCI president Ganguly attending IPL governing council meeting and his continuance in the office with the Ombudsman

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Some serious questions have been raised on BCCI president Sourav Ganguly attending IPL governing council meeting and his continuance in office with 3 former Chief Justices of India including RM Lodha and BCCI Ombudsman DK Jain.

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In a letter dated July 7 (today) to former CJIs and Jain, a copy of which is accessed by Republic TV, Sanjiv Gupta, life member of MPCA, raised some pertinent questions:

He writes: "Going by BCCI constitution, secretary Jay Shah’s tenure got over last month. President Sourav Ganguly’s term ends on July 27 and joint-secretary Jayesh George’s on September 23.

y have or will have completed six years at a stretch in office in BCCI and/or in state associations. A three-year cooling-off break is mandatory before y can take charge again.

While BCCI appealed to Supreme Court for a relaxation of this rule along with a host of or rules — and went into silence when matter never came up for hearing—crucial questions kept begging for answers. next Apex Council meeting is scheduled for July 17.

Rehani Bharadwaj has asked for a status update of three office-bearers. If tenure is over, one is t eligible to attend Apex Council meetings."

He raised question with former CJIs that: "If Shah does so on July 17 or if Ganguly turns up for next one after July 27, it will amount to a violation of BCCI constitution and lead to complications. What this does suggest, however, is that BCCI remains same. Cooling-off and or rules that y want to change are all part of reforms carried out on order of apex court. Relaxation of regulations will take BCCI back to pre-reform days. Everybody in BCCI is aware of this and still pretends as if re is thing unusual about it. Sooner or later, BCCI officials will have to answer it."

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