The Committee of Administrators (COA) has sought the removal of current BCCI office-bearers, including acting president, secretary and treasurer for non-compliance of Lodha Panel reforms. In its fifth Status Report submitted to the Supreme Court, the two-member COA — comprising Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji – has asked that "governance, management and administration" of theboard be handed over to them along with a professional group headed by CEO Rahul Johri till the elections are held. In the 26-page report , the biggest takeaway was that acting president CK Khanna, secretary Amitabh Choudhary and treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry should be removed just like former BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke, who were ousted for failing to ensure implementation of Lodha reforms. The report contends that the current office-bearers are not in position to make good on their undertakings and ensure that reforms mandated by the apex Court is implemented. The COA also mentioned that the Supreme Court order on July 24 was "deliberately misconstrued" during the BCCI's Special General Meeting on July 26 where office-bearers asked CEO Rahul Johri, the administrative staff and the legal team to leave the meeting. The status report mentions about BCCI's failure to appoint an Ombudsman since Justice AP Shah's tenure ended in September, 2016. The other issue mentioned is "failure to adopt new conflict of interest" rules. The report mentions that there has been resistance to adopt a new fund disbursement policy as the addition of members would reduce the share of the existing units.
News On AIR | August 16, 2017 7:38 PM
COA seeks removal of current BCCI office-bearers for non-compliance of Lodha Panel reforms