BCCI to hold AGM under the shadow of Lodha panel reforms
22 Sept 2016 3:31 AM IST
With the shadow of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice Lodha panel recommendations hanging over its head, the BCCI will be conducting its 87th Annual General Meeting here on Wednesday with one of the items on the agenda being the election of its honorary secretary.
The formal notice for the meeting was sent by honorary secretary Ajay Shirke on August 31 and, interestingly, one of the main items that is to be taken up is the election of the new honorary secretary after duly filed nominations are sent to the BCCI during a two-hour window on Tuesday afternoon, scrutinized immediately afterwards and list of eligible candidates displayed.
The election of the honorary secretary has been necessitated as Shirke was nominated by president Anurag Thakur after the latter was elevated to the helm of affairs of the beleaguered Board on May 22, following the resignation tendered by incumbent Shashank Manohar, in accordance with Rule 13 (a) (ii) of the BCCI s existing Memorandum of Rules and Regulations.
Shirke was to hold office till the next AGM.The election of the honorary secretary is to be held as per the existent BCCI rules. The other items on the agenda include adoption of the secretary's report, the treasurer's report and audited statement of accounts for the previous fiscal, annual budget for 2016-17 and other such routine matters, appointment of the Working Committee and Standing Committees such as the Senior and Junior selection panels under the BCCI's existing rules. Significantly, the Lodha panel has also fixed staggered deadlines for the full adoption of its reforms as approved by the Supreme Court and has also directed the BCCI that tomorrow's AGM must be "limited only to routine business concerning the past year (2015-16)".
Among the other items on the AGM's agenda are the appointment of an Ombudsman and International and Asian Cricket Councils and similar bodies.
Shirke set to be elected unopposed as BCCI secretary
Current secretary Ajay Shirke is all set to be elected unopposed at the 87th Annual General Meeting of the BCCI scheduled to be held on Wednesday. In fact a senior BCCI functionary confirmed that Shirke’s was the only nomination for the secretary’s post. “His (Shirke) was the only nomination received today,” the official said. Shirke became the secretary in July after Anurag Thakur was elevated as the president with Shashank Manohar opting to quit BCCI for the ICC chairmanship. Shirke is the supremo of the Maharashtra Cricket Association and known to be close to former BCCI and ICC president Sharad Pawar.
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