The secretary of unsanctioned Cricket Association of Bihar (CAB) Aditya Verma on Friday alleged that top BCCI officials, including president Shashank Manohar, "used him in their battle against N Srinivasan" and dumped the IPl spot-fixing petitioner after their "purpose was served".
"Today I feel used by BCCI president Shashank Manohar. I have no hesitation in revealing that he did support me fully when I fought against N Srinivasan and exposed the corruption in Indian cricket. He made promise to help Cricket Association of Bihar's affiliation case. Now I find that some of these administrators wear a facade when they are not in power.
"Everyone is the same," a dejected Verma said after finding that BCCI has virtually "dumped him" in favour of the rival association.
Verma said that he had a lot of faith in Manohar but can now only look up to the SC after the Vidarbha lawyer overlooked his plea. "I find it very strange. This was the same man (Manohar), who told me that Prof. Shetty is N Srinivasan's man and after that he is now working with the same man. I have no hope left in BCCI after today," said Verma.