Reports | CoA appoint three-member supervisory committee to oversee Bihar Cricket Association operations
The Committee of Administrators (CoA) has appointed a three-member Independent Supervisory Committee to run the cricketing affairs of Bihar Cricket Association and also conduct fresh elections. The decision was taken by the committee, chaired by Vinod Rai, at a meeting in Mumbai on Friday.
After some deliberation on the issue, the Supreme Court-appointed committee named Alok Kumar (BCCI, ACU), Alwin Gaekwad (BCCI Cricket Operations), and Sandeep Wagle (BCCI Finance) to oversee the operations of the state unit in Bihar.
“For the proper running of the game in Bihar and conduct a free, fair and transparent election, it is imperative that the BCA’s management is put under supervision and control of an Independent Supervisory Committee,” a source close to CoA told PTI.
The committee, chaired by Alok, will have the power to “supervise, regulate and suspend the powers, duties and functioning of all post holders in the BCA, appoint or replace electoral officer, ombudsman and ethics officer.” It has also been granted the power to appoint selectors, team and match officials, and also assign auditors to investigate the utilisation of the funds allocated to the board by the BCCI. According to the source, the state unit has also been served an ultimatum to cooperate with the committee.
“The CoA has directed BCA to cooperate with and comply with the directions of the Independent Supervisory Committee, which will report directly to them and submit a status report on a weekly basis. In case the BCA doesn’t comply and cooperate with the Supervisory Committee, the CoA will not have any other option but to suspend the membership of the Bihar Cricket Association with immediate effect and direct the BCCI to run cricket operations directly in the State of Bihar,” the source added.
