NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s election, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) has yet again proved (if any proof was required) its total lack of consistency or due process when exercising the authority provided to it by the Supreme Court.
In its latest action, the CoA has communicated to the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association, Haryana Cricket Association and Maharastra Cricket Association that they would not be allowed to attend the BCCI AGM and election scheduled to be held on October 23 in Mumbai, as they “have not amended the constitution as per recommendation”. All well and good here.
However, staying consistent with its constantly inconsistent operative actions, the CoA has chosen to ignore the transgressions of quite a few other BCCI affiliates that should have been similarly pulled up.
As a source (presumably from one of the three affected associations) pointed out to ANI: “This was not a unanimously taken decision, it was 2:1 because everybody has to be on the same page, either they are compliant or non compliant, and if they are just because of the constitution and non compliant then those who are compliant with the constitution but holding the elections in a wrong way and getting non-qualified persons elected, why no action should be taken against them?”
“A wrong person elected is also a bigger problem because CoA has received so many complaints against them such as Baroda, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, and Rajasthan. So, why no action against those states, why only these three states?” the source further posed a rhetorical question at the newswire.
“From the constitution, the others who are saying that they have compliant with BCCI but have done their elections completely wrong and got disqualified people elected, MLAs elected, over 70 years elected, persons who have completed more than 9 years elected. So that’s also not fair how can those people come into BCCI,” the source pointed out.
“There should have a level playing field for everybody. There are more than 25 objections on DDCA, so, why no action?” the official concluded.
Level playing field and the CoA? Considering the Vinod Rai-led body’s track record, that’s pretty much like asking for the moon.
