CoA member Diana Edulji shared the details of how the panel is functioning, saying that the decisions are not being made in an open and clear manner.
“I’m not happy at all. We are not very open or transparent,” Edulji was quoted as saying by Indian Express. “We are seen as favouring certain states and (biased against) certain other states. That is not the idea of CoA. We have done all the hard work in the last three years. Why are we spoiling it in the end? We are not being fair. I said in one of my mails that Caesar’s wife should be above suspicion.”
Even Diana Edulji cited the example of how Manipur Cricket Association was banned as well.
“We received many complaints against Baroda, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh that they have violated qualification norms. If you are non-compliant and have not registered the constitution as per the requirements, CoA is justified in taking action,” she told.
“There are complaints against MPCA (Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association) that there are people holding three posts. These things should have been brought before the electoral officer way before, not now. These states who are now changing constitutions and submitting them late should be debarred; else every other association should be given more time to change,” she shared.
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However, Bihar, Uttarakhand and Orissa are also among those associations who have been given extra time to submit their constitution.
“People have different views and we must be able to accept certain views of the minority also. When we were 1-1, the other opinion was taken and now it’s always 2-1. I am very clear that a level playing field should be there for all states,” she expressed.
She talked about Rahul Dravid’s conflict of interest incident.
“I think he was misguided by the management. I made it very clear that whosoever comes in should be cleared by the ethics officer. You can give a timeline to the ethics officer in case of emergency,” she concluded.
