Committee of Administrators appointed by the Supreme Court has criticized the assistants of top BCCI officials after being alerted about the unusually powerful role they play in the board’s affairs.

From leaking information on meetings to communicating instructions to other officials, and even pushing TV crew during live coverage of international matches to focus on their bosses.

According to the sources of The Indian Express, CoA chief Vinod Rai ordered executive assistants (EAs) to leave midway during the IPL governing council meeting held in New Delhi last week. It’s also learned that Rai sent an email to all BCCI office-bearers a few days ago in this regard.

The CoA reckons that these assistants were also communicating official instructions to other board officials on behalf of their supervisors.

Apart from preventing them from board meetings in order to make sure that no sensitive information is leaked, Rai’s new guidelines include a stern warning that office-bearers should not route anything to other BCCI officials through EAs.

These EAs, drafted by officials to help them perform board duties, are on the payroll of the BCCI.

One of the sources said, “It was thought that these executive assistants are capable of passing on crucial information. At the same time, many instances have come to light where TV crew was forced to show these assistants’ bosses on TV during live game coverage.“

He further added, “Apparently, these office-bearers have also been seen telling the TV crew to show them on the screen while their executive assistants lurk behind the crew to ensure that it gets done. The CoA felt that this needs to be stopped.”