The hearing of the alleged conflict of interest case which involves former India cricketer Rahul Dravid concluded on Tuesday where BCCI ethics officer D K Jain saying “his order can be expected soon”. MPCA life member Sanjiv Gupta had earlier filed a complaint against Dravid, alleging conflict of interest for his current role as the Head of National Cricket Academy (NCA) and also as an India Cements employee.
“The hearing has been concluded. You can expect my order soon,” Jain told PTI.
The former India captain had earlier explained his case in a personal hearing which was held in Mumbai on September 26. However, the ethics officers asked him to depose before him for a second time. The NCA chief, however, was represented by his lawyer as per the PTI.
“A lawyer from BCCI and complainant Gupta were also heard,” a board official said.
While he was asked on this, Jain added, “There is no special reason. I had some doubts and I thought I must clarify them”.
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Dravid is now the NCA Director in Bangalore besides being the vice-president of the India Cements group, who are the owner of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. He was earlier the head coach of the India A and Under-19 teams before taking the NCA role. However, Dravid had defended himself saying he has taken leave from India Cements and he is not associated with the Chennai Super Kings.
According to the BCCI constitution, no individual can hold more than one post at the same time. However, when the September hearing took place, the Committee of Administrators (CoA) was in charge of the BCCI when but now it has changed. However, not only Dravid but players like Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and new BCCI boss Sourav Ganguly have also been served conflict of interest notice earlier also.
However, before demitting the office, the CoA, in its 11th and final status report submitted to the Supreme Court, had urged some key points to a “straight-jacketed” conflict of interest clause in the BCCI constitution. If this is accepted by the apex court, former players with less than two-year contracts with the BCCI or state associations can have multiple roles.
