REVOKING SUSPENSION: HC ASKS RCA TO WRITE TO BCCI

Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday directed the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) to submit an undertaking to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to revoke its suspension.

The court said that 31 out of the 33 districts of the RCA units have voted in favour of revoking the suspension on January 18.

On Wednesday, the court opened the ballet box and declared the result, saying the 31 districts have voted in favour of removing RCA suspension . Two proxy votes from Alwar and Dungarpur, were, however, not counted, the court said. Justice Manish Bhandari directed the RCA president and secretary to give undertakings to the BCCI regarding revoking the suspension of the RCA.

The court has also directed the BCCI to give its consent by Thursday afternoon.

State sports minister Gajendra Singh Khimsar had written a letter to the BCCI on January 22, asking it to organise Indian Premier League (IPL) matches in Jaipur and had assured support from the government. The court will now seek the BCCI’s consent for organising IPL matches.

The RCA was suspended in 2014 when Lalit Modi won the association elections. In December 2017, however, the BCCI lifted the suspension at its special general meeting, on the condition that the former IPL chairman stays away from its functioning.

“All the 33 districts will work together for the development of cricket in the state,” said RCA president CP Joshi over phone from Bhubaneswar in Odisha.

“We try our best to organise IPL matches in Jaipur,” he said.

The RCA is drafting the letter and will send to the BCCI on Wednesday, RCA secretary Rajendra Singh Nandu said, adding that “it was good decision of the court and the dispute within the RCA is finally settled.

“Cricket will come on track in Rajasthan,” he said.

The court directive has paved the way to revoke the suspension, said RCA joint secretary Mahendra Nahar.

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