Bric-a-brac
high & dry
amit
shah’s absence costs him presidentship
Cricket is
no longer a gentleman’s game. It has always been about the money but that has
been exposed only recently. The Supreme Court of India has delivered a historic
judgment; it has restrained N Srinivasan from contesting the election of the
BCCI due to a conflict of interests. The BCCI is such a fat milch cow that
Srinivasan does not want to loosen his grip on it, even if he has to shelve his
IPL franchise, Chennai Super Kings. Clearly, BCCI politics is becoming murkier
by the day. Sources have disclosed that the government is keeping a watch on
the activities of the BCCI. The new BCCI president has to be elected in six
weeks. If Srinivasan is not able to control BCCI himself, his group is planning
to have its pawn as President. As the Congress regime has gone, things are not as
simple for Srinivasan now. The cricket fort is held by Arun Jaitley, Vice
President of BCCI, and Amit Shah, President of the Gujarat Cricket Association.
Jaitley, being the Finance Minister, is loaded with work and is not the obvious
choice for BCCI president. Shah is competent to hold the post and he would have
contested and won but fate does not support him all the time. Being the
President of the BJP, he has a very hectic schedule and seldom attends the BCCI
board meetings. To become BCCI president there is a rule that the contestant
should have attended a predecided number of meetings. Shah is short of
attendance and is out of the race. It will be interesting to see who luck
favours as the chief of this cash-rich sports body.
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