Reports | Vinod Rai and Lt Gen Ravindra Thodge want BCCI elections postponed
Vinod Rai, chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed CoA, and his colleague Lt Gen Ravindra Thodge want the BCCI elections to be deferred by two weeks. However, it is learnt that neither the Supreme Court-appointed amicus curiae PS Narsimha and CoA member Diana Edulji are not in favour of the request.
After the September 20 order clarifying the rules for disqualification, it seemed like all the confusion regarding the BCCI’s newly adopted constitution was finally over. And yet, absolute confusion prevailed on Monday as none of the BCCI members could put a finger on exactly why Rai made the request to defer the elections until November first week. However, it is understood that Narsimha and Edulji are not on board with the request, with the latter expected to write to her co-members of the CoA on the matter.
"The amicus is not interested. He is very clear about what the Supreme Court order says. The order says even with a three-day notice, elections should go ahead. We can't understand what is the CoA's problem now, even when the SC has categorically ruled that elections should take place. The CoA can't make this personal," sources said, reported TOI.
"The BCCI's September 20 order is very clear. It clearly says that disqualification applies only to office bearers and that the (state) elections can / should go ahead even with a three-day notice. So, where's the confusion now?" sources said.
Perhaps the irony of the entire situation is that until last week, it was Rai who was most vocal about elections being conducted within the timeline as originally dictated by the CoA.
"Two weeks ago, a majority of the members had agreed to go ahead with their respective elections until the CoA issued an advisory that disqualification applies to committee members too. The associations suddenly stopped planning for elections and TNCA went to court. What was the need of that advisory? Now, when the members are okay with elections again, the CoA is once again throwing a spanner," sources added.