The Supreme Court pulled up the BCCI again on Tuesday, during a hearing to follow-up the recommendations made by the Justice Lodha Committee.
The latest cause - the skewed pattern of funds being allocated to the state associations. The court referred to the board as a “mutually beneficial society” and said it is “practically corrupting” its members by not seeking any explanation on how crores of rupees allotted to them were being spent.
Out of the 29 (state) association, 11 have not received any money at all. Gujarat, in the last three years, has received Rs. 66 crore. You don’t even keep an account of the money given to various state associations. It seems in the name of cricket money is being siphoned off.Supreme Court to BCCI
“Are the state allocations made after looking at people’s face in the cricket board?”
The hearing followed the BCCI’s plea to the Apex court after the board members concluded that implementing all the changes recommended by the Lodha Committee would not be possible.
However, this was the Supreme Court’s reply - “Please don’t say Lodha Committee recommendations cannot be implemented.”
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