BCCI suspends Lalit Modi
April 26, 2010 07:44 am
Earlier, Mr. Modi, who had challenged the authority of BCCI president Shashank Manohar for a week, decided to attend the extraordinary IPL Governing Council meeting at the Cricket Centre here on Monday. The IPL is a sub-committee of the BCCI.
On Sunday evening, a release from the IPL-engaged PR agency
said: “The IPL Chairman & Commissioner, Lalit Modi, today circulated the
notice informing members of the Governing Council of the Extraordinary Meeting
to be held on April 26th, 2010, at the Headquarters of the Board of Control for
Cricket in
The release also said that the items on the agenda would be (1)
discussion on any complaints received in writing from members of the Governing
Council against the Chairman and (2) members of the Board of Control for
Cricket in
BCCI secretary N. Srinivasan had mailed a press release informing that the IPL Council will meet at the Cricket Centre, Mumbai, at 10 a.m. on Monday and that it will be followed by a media conference at 12 noon.
Mr. Modi had virtually defied Mr. Manohar’s request to convene an emergent meeting of the Council here on April 26. He had called it “unofficial” and that he does not “propose to attend any unauthorised meeting.” Soon after the Income Tax searches at the offices of the BCCI and IPL, Mr. Manohar wrote to Mr. Modi saying: “In view of the ongoing situation with regard to the functioning of the IPL and the various allegations levelled against the functioning of the IPL, it has become necessary to hold an Emergent Meeting of the Governing Council. Kindly issue a notice to all the Governing Council Members for a meeting on 26/04/10 at 10 a.m. at BCCI Headquarters immediately.” – (The Hindu)