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Sharad Pawar likely to resign as MCA president: Reports
If MCA adopts the recommendations, 76-year-old Sharad Pawar will have to give up his responsibilities. As per the Lodha Committee, ‘no cricket administrator can be over 70’.
Published: Dec 17, 2016, 12:49 PM (IST)
Edited: Dec 17, 2016, 01:51 PM (IST)
Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) is yet to take a call on their stand on the Lodha Recommendations, but if sources are to be believed, president Sharad Pawar is likely to step down. If MCA adopts the recommendations, 76-year-old Pawar will have to give up his responsibilities as one of the reforms is concerning the age of administrators. As per the Lodha Committee, ‘no cricket administrator can be over 70’. Additionally, administrators cannot retain his post for consecutive terms, according to the reforms. Even after Supreme Court’s order of accepting the reforms recommended by Justice RM Lodha and his panel, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to implement them and the apex court’s final verdict is yet to come.
As reported by indianexpress.com, Pawar said on Friday, “While I am closely associated with cricket, the matter is in the Supreme court. The Court is now going to decide how cricket will be organised. Till yesterday, they were guiding how to run the country. Now, they are also guiding the sports organisation. I don’t want to say anything about that. I don’t want to face contempt of court.” However, if Pawar decides to step down, the decision will not come as a surprise to MCA as the veteran administrator has been mulling over the same since July.
READ: BCCI vs Lodha: Anurag Thakur may have committed perjury, believes Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that BCCI president Anurag Thakur prima facie appears to have committed matter of perjury in relation to demanding an intervention via a letter from the International Cricket Council (ICC) in order to sidestep the implementation of the Justice (Retd.) RM Lodha-led committee recommendations.
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