PAWAR WANTS SC TO REVIEW ONESTATEONEVOTE POLICY

NEW DELHI: Sharad Pawar, who resigned as the president of the Mumbai Cricket Association in December 2016, appealed to the Supreme Court on Monday to review the one-state-one-vote proposal suggested by the RM Lodha commission. Pawar’s appeal comes exactly a week before a Supreme Court bench is expected to deliver its order on BCCI’S new Memorandum of Association. The draft constitution has been scripted by the Lodha panel and endorsed by the court-appointed Committee of Administrators. Seventy-six-yearold Pawar has been a past president (2005-2008) of the BCCI and the ICC (2010-2012). After serving three terms as Mumbai cricket chief, Pawar had to resign after the Supreme Court, in July 2016, said the Lodha proposal on age and tenure were binding on affiliated BCCI units. If the Supreme Court approves the new BCCI constitution, then Mumbai will have to take turns with Pune-based Maharashtra Cricket Association and Vidarbha. The Brabourne Stadium-based Cricket Club of India, that enjoyed voting rights, will be relegated to associate status.

VERMA TO FIGHT CASE: Aditya Verma, the Cricket Association of Bihar secretary, has applied for permission to argue in person on October 30 in the matter of Bihar cricketers being allowed to play Ranji Trophy again. PUDUCHERRY ISSUE: Meanwhile on Wednesday, the COA has recommended affiliation for Cricket Association of Pondicherry after two other factions – Pondicherry Cricket AssociationKalaimani and Pca-velmurugan – staked their claims.