State associations seek deadline extension from COA

The Committee of Administrators (COA) running the BCCI has received multiple pleas from various state associations to extend the deadline for submitting compliance report on Lodha recommendations till March 27.

The COA on February 23 had written to all state associations to submit a compliance report adhering to all Lodha diktats by March 1.

However disqualified members of 20 state units have written to COA led by Vinod Rai that they need more clarity and since joint secretary Amitabh Chaudhary's plea in Supreme Court is pending for hearing on March 27, the COA should wait till then.

"Yes, a letter is being sent to the COA as we feel they should wait till March 27 as Amitabh's plea is pending in Supreme Court. Some clarity is still required regarding cumulative tenure of 9 or 18 years. It will be prudent if we can wait rather than being in a tearing hurry to fill up compliance report," a state unit official told PTI today.

Amitabh Chaudhary has filed a plea in SC that seeks clarification on scope of COA taking over the management rather than ensuring smooth transition to the new administration.

Arrest ABVP 'goondas', AAP tells police

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New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The AAP on Tuesday urged the police to arrest "ABVP goondas" who attacked and made rape threats to women students at the Delhi University.

"We urge you to take cognizance in this utterly despicable (conduct) and arrest these ABVP goondas who perpetrated violence on women in the garb of nationalism," the AAP told Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik.

In a letter submitted to Patnaik, Aam Aadmi Party leaders Atishi Marlena and legislators Alka Lamba and Sarita Singh sought action against the Akhil Bhartiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for the February 22 violence in the campus.

The AAP leaders, while pointing out the rape threats given to Delhi University student Gurmehar Kaur, who criticized the ABVP on social media, accused the police of failing to protect women's rights.

"The ABVP created a ruckus and disrupted a literary event that was to take place at the Ramjas College on February 21," their letter said.

They then accused the ABVP of attacking female protesters "with invective and threats of sexual harassment and rape" during a protest march the next day in the campus, the AAP said.

"Amulyaji, we are sure you will appreciate the fact that gender equality and gender rights are non-compromisable."