Diana Edulji decides to wait until BCCI elections to take up MCA membership
In the wake of BCCI asking all former international and retired domestic cricketers to apply for ICA’s membership, Diana Edulji has recused herself from taking membership until the BCCI elections. Edulji believes it will be unfair if she takes up the membership and voting rights in the elections.
The BCCI had asked all former international and retired domestic cricketers - men and women - to apply for Indian Cricketers Association’s membership ahead of the BCCI elections. The cricketers will have a say in the running of cricket in the country and on Friday, the MCA issued a notice to former international players hailing from its jurisdiction to become a member to get voting rights at the MCA election to be held on October 4. However, Edulji refused to take up until the BCCI elections are over.
“I have not filled up any form and will not do it as I am currently a COA member. I thought it will be unfair if I vote in the election process of players or in MCA election. That is why I have decided to stay away from it. I will only become a member once the BCCI election is over and our responsibility ends,” Edulji told The Indian Express.
Edulji had played 20 Tests and 34 ODIs in a career spanning over 17 years, taking 63 and 46 wickets respectively. Although for the major part of it, she represented Railways, Edulji resides in Mumbai and can apply for MCA membership. The BCCI has left the onus on international cricketers to choose which association they would prefer to become a voting member of if they have represented more than one association.
It is to be noted that this is not the first time Edulji has recused herself from such things. When he was selected for the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award by the BCCI, Edulji, in a statement released shortly after BCCI’s announcement of the 2016/17 list of lifetime achievement awardees, said that it won’t be appropriate for her to accept the award while she remains a member of the CoA.
“Since I am a member of the Hon’ble Supreme Court-appointed committee of administrators of the BCCI, I do not think it is appropriate for me to accept this honour at this juncture. I have discussed my decision with my family, friends and well-wishers who wholeheartedly support my decision not to accept the award during my tenure as a member of the COA.”
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