BCCI treasurer Ajay Shirke is considering resigning from his post following the arrests of CSK CEO Gurunath Meiyappan, who is BCCI president N Srinivasan’s son-in-law, and also the three Rajasthan Royals players in the spot-fixing scandal. The manner in which the board handled the betting charges is believed to be the reason why Shirke might be prompted to take this huge step. The BCCI top official is not particularly happy with how the things have turned out so far after the arrests.
Shirke said, “I will wait and see for the time being. If the board continues to ignore what I consider is primary responsibility, I will find it difficult for myself to be associated with it. It is an evolving situation, so I will wait and see.
“A few days, maybe within a week, I will make up my mind. If there’s going to be more and more room for fingers to be pointed away, I will have to take a call. That doesn’t mean I will run away from fulfilling my responsibilities, but and I cannot let my personal reputation and credibility be tarnished. That for me stands above everything else.”
After the arrest of Meiyappan, the voices all around India are growing louder demanding N Srinivasan’s resignation.
Emphasising on the board’s incapability in handling the issues properly, he told, “I am not satisfied. Normally whenever there’s a crisis – small, major, any kind of crisis – we call for a (working committee) meeting,” Shirke said. “And we have had many such crises – of sponsors pulling out, or of an IPL franchise being disbanded. On every such occasion, the president calls for a meeting, and the issue is discussed in great detail by every member of the working committee. That has been the prevalent way.
“Even when the players were arrested, there was an emergent meeting. Then we had a follow-up meeting in Chennai. Then the president came up to the media and explained all the measures that had been taken. After this, there hasn’t been anything on this (Gurunath arrest) issue. If the president calls for a meeting and puts his views across and hears out the other units – you don’t necessarily need to change your position – it would follow the proper procedure. Otherwise, the media trial will go on and on.
“I have made my stance very clear on it. If I was Srinivasan and my son-in-law was arrested, I would have stepped aside till the internal probe was over.”
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