Mohammad Azharuddin Drags HCA To Court After Rejection Of His Nomination
Jan 17, 2017 at 10:41 PM
Mohammad Azharuddin has moved to court after his nomination paper for the post of Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA) president was rejected last week. The former India skipper, on Tuesday (January 17) filed a plea in the High Court of Hyderabad against the rejection.
The 53-year old, who had been given a life ban from a cricketing activity because of his involvement in the 2000 match-fixing scandal, needed a clearance from the BCCI, clarifying whether his life ban had been lifted. However, he failed to show any proof which has been cited as the reason for the rejection of his nomination.
Azharuddin, who led India in three successive World Cups (1992, 1996, 1999), was freed from the fixing charges in 2012. As expected, the rejection has not gone down well with him. He had previously said of dragging the matter to the court.
Speaking after the setback, he had said:“Whenever you file a nomination, you never feel negative about it, you always feel confident. At the same time, when I went to file a paper as a Test cricketer, I got nominated automatically because I played cricket for India. But when I asked for the nomination form to be given, they said that the date is over and that is why I had to file it from the National Cricket Club. Right from the beginning, I think the process looked to me a little bit fraud… I gave them the court order also. People are misinformed. I think things should be put to rest. The court has given an order which has cleared me of everything.”
“It is unfortunate. The returning officer should answer my questions, but he is not present here. I will go for a legal case. I think the Lodha Committee rules and orders are not followed here at the HCA,” he had added.