‘MUMBAI CAN VOTE ON ROTATION BASIS’

New Delhi, March 22: The likes of Mumbai Cricket Association or Saurashtra Cricket Association may have lost their full membership status but they will get a chance to vote at BCCI AGM on rotation basis.

According to attention is drawn to Rule 3(a)(ii)C of the Constitution:

“In States with multiple Existing Members, the full membership shall rotate annually among such Existing Members such that only one of them will exercise the rights and privileges of a Full Member at any given point of time. The rotation shall be as per the policy framed by the BCCI.”

The media release states: “The Constitution has been finalised by the Committee of Administrators in accordance with the recommendations of the Hon’ble Justice Lodha Committee and the directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.”

The finalised constitution states” The Full Membership in Maharashtra and Gujarat is to rotate annually between the 3 existing Full Members from each of those States as per the policy referred to in Rule 3(a)(ii)C extracted above.

“Accordingly, Mumbai Cricket Association, Maharashtra Cricket Association and Vidarbha Cricket Association (not necessarily in that order) will get to vote by annual rotation from the State of Maharashtra.”