BCCI to appeal ‘one state, one vote’ again

Considering the fact that a cap has been placed of nine years, the committee thought that the matter of cooling off period may be put in abeyance.

The special committee constituted by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during its last Special General Meeting finally made some breakthrough and have zeroed in on clauses which they will urge the Supreme Court to reconsider as far as the Lodha Committee report implementation is concerned.

The marathon five-hour meeting here on Saturday was conducted without Sourav Ganguly and TC Mathews, who are out of the country. The committee felt that ‘one state, one vote’, cooling off period, balance of power between elected office-bearers and professionals are genuine difficulties for BCCI to implement.

As far as the one-state-onevote is concerned, BCCI’s acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary said: “The special committee most humbly considered all aspects of it and thought the order may be reconsidered with a view that the present members of the BCCI continue to remain members.

“At the same time, enrol new members including those from the North East after following the due process.”

“Considering the fact that a cap has been placed of nine years, the committee thought that the matter of cooling off period may be put in abeyance. The cooling off also applied to the Apex Council members.

“So the committee felt that if the cooling off qualification on office-bearers can be done away with, it should also be the same with the members of the Apex Council,” said Choudhary.