Sanjeev Gupta’s admission of filing complaints on behalf of others should be investigated, urges Aditya Verma

Even though the Lodha Committee did everything legally to upset the established order mired with archaic management, they faced massive roadblocks in thetthe shape of the old guard of the organisation. Eventually, when the Supreme Court thought everything had been placed in order, they were given a check-mate in a stunning fashion which saw the family members taking over the onus in state associations. It is hard to imagine if anything else could cause a bigger mess than this but an MPCA life-member, whose complaints in the Conflict of Interest issues ensured many former players had to relinquish their positions in the board, did that quite successfully.

"This is interference with the administration of justice and is not only frustrating the working of the BCCI and state associations but is also playing havoc with the sincere implementation of the Supreme Court's orders with disgruntled people abusing the said orders and Sanjeev Gupta becoming a tool in their hands for such abuse.”

While some of the big names in Indian cricket like Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Rahul Dravid, and Kapil Dev were at the receiving end of Gupta’s complaints, Verma appealed that the BCCI should investigate on whose behest did the MPCA life member file those cases.

"In the past, Gupta has filed complaints against great legendary players like Tendulkar, (VVS) Laxman, Dravid and others. Now one needs to ask a question, were those complaints also motivated or filed at the behest of someone else? Was Gupta's name only a front and someone else was behind it? It would be interesting to know who all have used his 'services' till date," he pointed.