Aditya Verma says all BCCI officebearers are holding illegal posts

The BCCI Emergent Working Committee meeting in Mumbai tomorrow may face the apex body's wrath if Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma is to be believed

Aditya Verma

The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) Emergent Working Committee meeting in Mumbai tomorrow, the first since Supreme Court's directive to the Indian cricket board to implement the Lodha Committee recommendations, may face the apex body's wrath if Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) secretary Aditya Verma is to be believed.

Aditya Verma

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Talking to mid-day from Patna yesterday, Verma said that most officials who are likely to attend the meeting are, "holding their posts illegally and the emergent working committee meeting can't be a legal one."

"The BCCI's president (Anurag Thakur), five vice-presidents (TC Mathew, CK Khanna, Gautam Roy, ML Nehru and G Ganga Raju), secretary (Ajay Shirke), treasurer (Anirudh Chaudhary) and joint secretary (Amitabh Choudhary) have completed more than nine years either in BCCI or in their respective state associations.

The Lodha panel's recommendations bar an individual from holding office for more than nine years in any capacity, so that proves that all these officials are holding their posts illegally," said Verma who kicked off the battle against BCCI through his petition in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal 2013.

"The Supreme Court has already ordered BCCI to implement all recommendations within four to six months, so we can be hopeful that the picture will be totally different and we can see a truly neat and clean gentleman's game," said Verma.

Meanwhile, Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) Joint Secretary PV Shetty confirmed that the association president Sharad Pawar (75) is most likely to attend the emergent committee meeting.

Interestingly, the former BCCI and ICC president has been making his presence felt. He attended the MCA's managing committee meeting on July 24.

On Saturday, he was at the association's award function. Sources in MCA also said that he is now set to attend the BCCI's special Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held in New Delhi on August 5.

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