BCCI President launched a scathing attack on Lalit Modi, accusing him of tarnishing the image of the Cricket Board. He claimed that Modi is making misleading allegations that interim IPL Chairman Chirayu Amin was part of a failed bid for the Pune franchise. Manohar said it was in fact the suspended IPL Commissioner who had advised a Pune consortium to rope in Amin as an investor and the interim IPL chief agreed to invest only after the bid succeeded and he had sought the Board's permission. BCCI Chief Shashank Manohar has said that the IPL Governing Council was not aware that Aniruddha Deshpande of the City Corporation bid for IPL Pune team in his individual capacity. He said had the IPL Governing Council known that Mr. Deshpande was bidding in his individual capacity, the bid would have been outrightly rejected. Agriculture Minister Sarad Pawar has reiterated that the bid was made by Mr. Deshpande in his personal capacity and not on behalf of the firm. Mr Pawar's family owns stake in the company headed by Mr Deshpande who made abortive bid for the IPL Pune team. Mr. Pawar said that the Company had told Mr. Deshpande that he can bid for the team in his individual capacity and other shareholders will not be there.