The crucial IPL Governing Council meeting began here on Monday, barely hours after the BCCI suspended Lalit Modi as the Chairman and Commissioner of the high-profile Twenty20 event.
BCCI president Shashank Manohar, vice-President Arun Jaitley, secretary N Srinivasan, media and finance committee chairman Rajiv Shukla and IPL vice-chairman Niranjan Shah were among the members of the council present at the Board headquarters here.
Mr. Modi was to chair the meeting before he was suspended and issued a show cause notice for alleged financial irregularities late last night. Mr. Modi has been asked to explain within 15 days why disciplinary action should not be taken against him for what the BCCI described as ‘individual misdemeanors’
“While we rejoice and celebrate the great success of IPL Season 3, the alleged acts of individual misdemeanors of Mr Lalit K Modi, Chairman IPL and Vice President BCCI have brought a bad name to the administration of Cricket and the game itself,” Mr. Manohar said in a press release which announced Mr. Modi’s suspension from the Board, IPL, the Working Committee and any other committee.
Due to this, Mr. Modi cannot participate in today’s meeting that will go into the alleged financial wrong-doings in the IPL and how to set right things.
The IPL Governing Council also includes Punjab Cricket Association chief I S Bindra, BCCI treasurer M P Pandove, vice-President Chirayu Amin, joint secretary Sanjay Jagdale, J&K Cricket Association chief Farooq Abdullah and former India captains Ravi Shastri, Sunil Gavaskar and Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi.
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Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Who is safe in this country, asks BJP
The BJP today slammed the Government on the issue of phone tapping of senior politicians, saying that it was resorting to such "despotic actions" as it has failed on all fronts.
The BJP today slammed the Government on the issue of phone tapping of senior politicians, saying that it was resorting to such "despotic actions" as it has failed on all fronts.
"In the garb of tracking terror, the Government is tracking politicians and even their own cabinet ministers from alliance partners. Apparently the Government has failed on all fronts, making them seemingly insecure and prompting such despotic actions," party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.
He demanded a "clear statement" on the issue from the Prime Minister and "none else" in Parliament.
"BJP would like to question that in perception of the Government, if the cabinet ministers are not safe, if the chief ministers are not safe, then who is safe in this country," Mr. Rudy said.
He termed the alleged phone tapping as an "outright violation of laws and bizarre infringement of our fundamental rights."
A serious issue: Gowda
Terming the tapping of telephones of political leaders as a “very serious issue”, JD(S) chief H.D. Deve Gowda today said his party would toe the line of the 13-party political combine on the matter.
Speaking to reporters in Bangalore, he said it was a matter of concern that telephones of several senior leaders, including NCP leader and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, have reportedly been tapped.
“Pawar has been supporting Congress and UPA for more than 15 years,” the JD (S) chief said while referring to the issue.
The BJP today slammed the Government on the issue of phone tapping of senior politicians, saying that it was resorting to such "despotic actions" as it has failed on all fronts.
"In the garb of tracking terror, the Government is tracking politicians and even their own cabinet ministers from alliance partners. Apparently the Government has failed on all fronts, making them seemingly insecure and prompting such despotic actions," party spokesperson Rajiv Pratap Rudy said.
He demanded a "clear statement" on the issue from the Prime Minister and "none else" in Parliament.
"BJP would like to question that in perception of the Government, if the cabinet ministers are not safe, if the chief ministers are not safe, then who is safe in this country," Mr. Rudy said.
He termed the alleged phone tapping as an "outright violation of laws and bizarre infringement of our fundamental rights."
A serious issue: Gowda
Terming the tapping of telephones of political leaders as a “very serious issue”, JD(S) chief H.D. Deve Gowda today said his party would toe the line of the 13-party political combine on the matter.
Speaking to reporters in Bangalore, he said it was a matter of concern that telephones of several senior leaders, including NCP leader and Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar, have reportedly been tapped.
“Pawar has been supporting Congress and UPA for more than 15 years,” the JD (S) chief said while referring to the issue.
Friday, April 23, 2010
BCCI firm on its stand, Modi may move court
With Mr Lalit Modi’s future as the IPL’s top man effectively hinging on the league’s governing council meeting in Mumbai on April 26, the BCCI is doing all it can to keep the road leading up to it as controversy-free as possible.
After Mr Modi sent an email to the board president, Mr Shashank Manohar, questioning the legality of Monday’s meeting, calling it unauthorised, the latter made it clear that he would go ahead with the meeting as per schedule.
“It is his viewpoint, everybody is entitled to their viewpoint,” Mr Manohar said, rebutting the IPL commissioner’s contention that as chairman of the governing council only Mr Modi had the authority to summon members.
The IPL chief though, isn’t backing down, and is considering moving the Bombay High Court. Senior lawyers Mr Ram Jethmalani and Mr Harish Salve are expected to appear for Mr Modi to seek an injunction against the April 26 meet.
The meeting had been convened by the BCCI secretary and Chennai Super Kings owner, Mr N. Srinivasan after Mr Modi’s disclosure of the Kochi franchise shareholding pattern snowballed into a scandal. The plan is to ask Mr Modi to resign at the meeting but Mr Modi claimed that as Mr Srinivasan was himself a team owner he was not authorised to convene the meeting.
Mr Manohar, however, sought to clarify that there was no conflict of interest as far as Mr Srinivasan was concerned. “It is not a question of owner. He (Srinivasan) is not calling the meeting as an owner of the team, and
in the board’s constitution the secretary is the convenor of all meetings. He enjoys full rights,” Mr Manohar said.
After Mr Modi sent an email to the board president, Mr Shashank Manohar, questioning the legality of Monday’s meeting, calling it unauthorised, the latter made it clear that he would go ahead with the meeting as per schedule.
“It is his viewpoint, everybody is entitled to their viewpoint,” Mr Manohar said, rebutting the IPL commissioner’s contention that as chairman of the governing council only Mr Modi had the authority to summon members.
The IPL chief though, isn’t backing down, and is considering moving the Bombay High Court. Senior lawyers Mr Ram Jethmalani and Mr Harish Salve are expected to appear for Mr Modi to seek an injunction against the April 26 meet.
The meeting had been convened by the BCCI secretary and Chennai Super Kings owner, Mr N. Srinivasan after Mr Modi’s disclosure of the Kochi franchise shareholding pattern snowballed into a scandal. The plan is to ask Mr Modi to resign at the meeting but Mr Modi claimed that as Mr Srinivasan was himself a team owner he was not authorised to convene the meeting.
Mr Manohar, however, sought to clarify that there was no conflict of interest as far as Mr Srinivasan was concerned. “It is not a question of owner. He (Srinivasan) is not calling the meeting as an owner of the team, and
in the board’s constitution the secretary is the convenor of all meetings. He enjoys full rights,” Mr Manohar said.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Shah Rukh refuses to submit to Shiv Sena's threat
Actor Shah Rukh Khan has stuck to his stand of inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in Indian Premier League, saying he has said nothing on the issue that should be retracted.
"What should I retract?," an unfazed Khan asked reporters when asked about the reaction from Shiv Sena on his remarks about the inclusion of Pakistani cricketers in the IPL series.
Mr Khan said he is not going to submit to this threat.
Shiv Sena has demanded an apology from him for backing Pakistani cricketers in IPL after the players from that country were not picked up during auction last month.
"I don't know what the issue is all about... I don't know what I am supposed to retract. Am I supposed to retract the fact I'm an Indian but I don't want anyone to come to my country?," he said.
Mr Khan, who was addressing a press conference along with Director Karan Johar and actress Kajol to promote their film 'My Name is Khan', said: "What all that I've said is that I would like people to come to my country to participate in the biggest event and it scares me to say anything because our stakes are very high."
He was apologetic to his business partners for his stand on the IPL as it might affect the prospect of the film.
Mr Khan, who is in London to promote his film, said: "I have no idea what people would like me to say. If somebody could tell me this is what you would want me to say, I'll say it."
"When I said it was not directed towards a person or a group of people. It was not towards any person from any nation - Pakistan, Bangladesh, America or England," he told reporters last evening.
"If you have differences in ideology why it should not be allowed?," he asked and recalled the teachings and values that he received from his father who was a freedom fighter.
"I am really sorry. I would like to apologise Karan Johar, to Kajol and I am immensely sorry to all our business partners that because of what I said, or what I believe in, their film and their work is going to be affected," Mr Khan said.
The film, which marks the return of the famous onscreen pair Shah Rukh and Kajol after a gap of eight years, is a love-story in the backdrop of post 9/11 attacks on the US.
In the movie, Khan plays Rizwan, a man suffering from Asperger's syndrome (a form of autism), who embarks on an extraordinary journey across America to win back the love of his life Mandira (Kajol).
'My Name Is Khan' is one of the first Bollywood films to be distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures in the US.
Imagenation Abu Dhabi is in a partnership with Fox Star studios to distribute the film in the Middle East. The film will see its worldwide release on February 12.
