Niranjan Shah Unhappy after not Being Invited for NCA Meeting
Sep 15, 2017 at 12:39 PM
BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary has controversially not invited the National Cricket Academy (NCA) Chairman Niranjan Shah for a meeting of the NCA scheduled which is to be held in New Delhi on Friday (September 15).
It looks like the BCCI official is not willing to rile up the Committee of Administrators (CoA) who are hell-bent on ousting the ineligible officials, who are proving to be a roadblock in the implementation of the Lodha Panel reforms.
The CoA has already made its displeasure clear over Shah’s role in the administration, as he is disqualified from continuing in his role because he exceeds the age-cap of 70 set by the Lodha panel. And with the next Supreme Court hearing just a few days away, it seems Choudhary does not want to miff the apex court, as he refrained from inviting Shah to the meeting.
However, the decision has not gone down well with Shah who expressed his surprise over it and even asked the acting secretary to postpone the meeting. Shah is the only member of the NCA who has not been invited.
“Dear Amitabh, I’m surprised to learn that a meeting of the NCA Committee has been scheduled this Friday, and a notice for the same hasn’t been sent to me, even though I’m the chairman of the NCA, officially constituted by the BCCI. You’ll agree that as an acting secretary of the BCCI appointed by the Supreme Court and to comply with the duty of the BCCI’s procedural matters, notice for the meeting under reference should’ve been sent to me,” Shah said in the letter which has been accessed by the Times of India.
“As a chairman of the NCA committee, I hereby call upon you to postpone the aforesaid meeting and to inform all the members promptly. The rescheduled meeting may be held after giving ample time to all the members of the NCA committee, including me to prepare and contribute at the meeting. The omission of anyone and/or undue haste in holding such meetings would reflect lack of transparency, fairness and equity; especially in matters that would have a significant financial impact,” he added.
Meanwhile, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri, Choudhary, former India skipper Dilip Vengsarkar and Debasis Mohanty are likely to attend the meeting in the capital to discuss on building the new NCA premises on the land that has been recently granted to the board by Karnataka government.