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- Updated: January 2, 2017
A sense of confusion and uncertainty prevailed in the BCCI in the wake of the Supreme Court order on January 2, which removed the board president, secretary, and all other office bearers – at state level too – who did not meet the Lodha Committee’s eligibility criteria.
The biggest question concerned the board’s leadership, after Anurag Thakur and Ajay Shirke had been removed from the BCCI’s top two posts, because there seemed to be a lack of clarity over the eligibility criteria for an office bearer.
The court the said the most senior vice-president and joint secretary Amitabh Choudhury would perform the interim roles of president and secretary. But how was the BCCI to decide which of its five vice-presidents was senior most – through age or experience?
“I understand that the president and secretary were removed for not implementing the Lodha recommendations. But there is no clarity on the eligibility criteria right now,” a BCCI official said.” Hence we do not know exactly how office bearers can eventually continue.”
According to the official, none of the vice-presidents would be eligible for the interim president’s role according to the conditions set by the Lodha Committee. Of the five BCCI vice-presidents, four – GK Ganga Raju, CK Khanna, ML Nehru and TC Mathew have …
