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No progress in Lodha-BCCI email exchange
- Updated: November 1, 2016
The impasse between the Lodha Committee and the BCCI appears set to continue, with the committee saying the board has shown no sign of complying with its directive to provide an undertaking to follow the order the Supreme Court passed on October 21.
Based on an email received on October 24 from BCCI president Anurag Thakur, the Lodha Committee told the board in its reply on Tuesday that it anticipated “impediments” to the implementation of the order.
On October 21, the Supreme Court directed the BCCI not to distribute funds to state associations until they agreed to comply with the Lodha Committee’s recommendations, which the court had approved in an order on July 18. The court also asked BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke and Thakur to meet the Lodha Committee by November 3 and placed several restrictions on the board’s ability to enter into contracts, which forced the IPL broadcast and digital rights tender process to be put off indefinitely.
The BCCI has since written repeatedly to the Lodha Committee asking for clarifications on how to proceed with its financial transactions, but has not provided the letter stating it will comply with the Supreme Court’s October 21 order as requested by the committee. Shrike and Thakur have not yet …
