Mumbai: Former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N Srinivasan has finally decided to stay away from the Annual General Meeting (AGM), scheduled to be held in Mumbai on October 23. Srinivasan's decision to not attend the AGM came just a day after the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) apex council nominated newly elected secretary RS Ramaswamy as its representative for the AGM.
However, Srinivasan's absence in the meeting doesn't mean that he will not nudge his nose in the meeting. "We all know the power Srinivasan has in BCCI. He will obviously have a huge say in how things shape up and it hardly makes a difference whether he is physically present in the meeting or not. The groundwork, obviously, will be done before the members go in for the meeting," a source close to the developments said.
Last month, BCCI electoral officer N Gopalaswami made it clear that no state body will be allowed to send their replacement if the original candidate fails to match the eligibility criteria.
"Please be aware that in the event that the electoral officer deems the proposed representative to be ineligible to participate in the BCCI election, it will not be possible for the Full Member to nominate a replacement. Therefore, it is essential that all formalities are duly complied with by Full Member and proposed representative in the first place," Gopalaswami said.
Under BCCI's new age rule, an official with an age over 70 can't attend any board meeting. Srinivasan is currently 73.
With controversy was not dying down the TNCA finally decided to comply with CoA's request to amend the constitution.
The CoA had already sent a letter to the TNCA last month stating that the association is misinterpreting several points of the Supreme Court order dated back to September 20. Despite giving a stern reply to CoA's letter, the TNCA on Thursday decided to accept most of CoA's recommendations.
However, the contention between TNCA and CoA didn't end there as the debate over the nine-year cap for an office-bearer's post continues to hunt either side.
The state board also wanted to elect two vice-presidents and will approach the apex court regarding this.
"We have an objection to the nine-year cap and asked the Supreme Court to look into it. The court had earlier accepted our request to have two assistant secretaries because we have 30 district associations. It is for the same reason we want two vice-presidents. We are now waiting for SC to show us the way. We have complied with the rest of the CoA's notification, including having less than 19 members in the apex council, and made those minor changes to our constitution," the source said.
The deadline to amend the constitution of a state unit is on Friday.
