Srini under pressure, 3 BCCI VPs ask him to resign
26 March 2014 6:44 AM IST
After going through the contents of a report filed in a sealed cover by apex court-appointed probe panel into the scandal, a bench headed by Justice A K Patnaik said there are ‘very very serious’ allegations made in the report and unless the BCCI president steps down, no fair probe can be conducted.
The beleaguered Srinivasan now appeared isolated even within the Board as three of the five vice-presidents, Shivlal Yadav, Ravi Sawant and Chitrak Mitra, asking him to abide by what the Supreme Court observation.
‘SC has given the order, nobody can challenge it. We have to accept it. Since the SC has given an order, there is no question of going back on it or giving an opinion on that. It has to be carried out in total and BCCI will have to follow whatever the Apex Court has given,’ Yadav, a vice-president representing South Zone, told ‘Times Now’.
Asked if he was willing to do the duty, he said, ‘Absolutely, I am ready to accept any responsibility given to me.’ Another vice-president Ravi Sawant, who is representing West Zone, asked Srinivasan to resign within the next two days, before the matter comes up before the apex court.
‘Supreme Court is the highest authority. It the SC has said (Srinivasan must step down), nothing can be done. If the Supreme Court has said he should resign, then he should step down within these two days,’ Sawant said.
‘If there is a vacancy (in the post of BCCI president), the GBM of BCCI will decide (who will occupy the vacant chair),’ he added. Vice-president from East Zone, Chitrak Mitra said a full-fledged president will take over after Srinivasan steps down. ‘The SC verdict said Srinivasan should step down for a proper investigation (into IPL fixing scandal). If he does not stepped down, the SC will pass an order to that effect on March 27. That’s all about it,’ Mitra said.
‘Since the term of South Zone (for BCCI presidency) is going on, most probably Shivlal will become the president. Last time also when Srinivasan could not attend the BCCI meeting due to his father’s demise, Shivlal presided over it. This time, it will not be an acting president. Jagmohan Dalmiya was made acting president because at that time Srinivasan only stepped aside not stepped down. It’s different this time, Srinivasan has been told to step down,’ Mitra said.
Former cricketers Mohinder Amarnath and Bishan Singh Bedi and ex-BCCI administrator and former Rajasthan cricket association president Kishore Rungta also called for Srinivasan’s stepping down. Amarnath, a member of 1983 World Cup winning team, said that the ‘game was bigger than an individual’ and Srinivasan should step down in the interest of Indian cricket.
The beleaguered Srinivasan now appeared isolated even within the Board as three of the five vice-presidents, Shivlal Yadav, Ravi Sawant and Chitrak Mitra, asking him to abide by what the Supreme Court observation.
‘SC has given the order, nobody can challenge it. We have to accept it. Since the SC has given an order, there is no question of going back on it or giving an opinion on that. It has to be carried out in total and BCCI will have to follow whatever the Apex Court has given,’ Yadav, a vice-president representing South Zone, told ‘Times Now’.
Asked if he was willing to do the duty, he said, ‘Absolutely, I am ready to accept any responsibility given to me.’ Another vice-president Ravi Sawant, who is representing West Zone, asked Srinivasan to resign within the next two days, before the matter comes up before the apex court.
‘Supreme Court is the highest authority. It the SC has said (Srinivasan must step down), nothing can be done. If the Supreme Court has said he should resign, then he should step down within these two days,’ Sawant said.
‘If there is a vacancy (in the post of BCCI president), the GBM of BCCI will decide (who will occupy the vacant chair),’ he added. Vice-president from East Zone, Chitrak Mitra said a full-fledged president will take over after Srinivasan steps down. ‘The SC verdict said Srinivasan should step down for a proper investigation (into IPL fixing scandal). If he does not stepped down, the SC will pass an order to that effect on March 27. That’s all about it,’ Mitra said.
‘Since the term of South Zone (for BCCI presidency) is going on, most probably Shivlal will become the president. Last time also when Srinivasan could not attend the BCCI meeting due to his father’s demise, Shivlal presided over it. This time, it will not be an acting president. Jagmohan Dalmiya was made acting president because at that time Srinivasan only stepped aside not stepped down. It’s different this time, Srinivasan has been told to step down,’ Mitra said.
Former cricketers Mohinder Amarnath and Bishan Singh Bedi and ex-BCCI administrator and former Rajasthan cricket association president Kishore Rungta also called for Srinivasan’s stepping down. Amarnath, a member of 1983 World Cup winning team, said that the ‘game was bigger than an individual’ and Srinivasan should step down in the interest of Indian cricket.
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