Haryana Government would constitute a high level inquiry committee to look into the allegations levelled against Haryana Cricket Association (HCA) by former Indian cricketer Chetan Sharma.
The state Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday gave this assurance to former Haryana player Chetan Sharma, who called on him and urged him to get the allegations of corruption and irregularities committed by Haryana Cricket Association probed.
Talking to the mediapersons, the Minister said that Sharma has leveled serious allegations of corruption, financial irregularities, mismanagement and nepotism against Haryana Cricket Association.
Vij said that strict actions would be taken against those found guilty.
Notably, Haryana Cricket Association is attached to Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).
Vij said that even earlier, he had been receiving complaints regarding irregularities committed by some sports organisations and action was being taken on these complaints.
He said that the authenticity of many sports organisations had been questioned as a result of which the atmosphere of sports was being adversely affected since the tenure of previous Government.
In view of these complaints, he has directed the Registrar of Firms and Societies to investigate the legality, records and accounts of all such sports bodies. Only after getting No Objection Certificate from Registrar, Firms and Societies, the sports bodies would continue with their work in future, said the Minister.
lashing out at previous Congress Government in Haryana, he said that during the regime of previous Governments, not even a single international cricket stadium was constructed in any of the 21 districts in the state. During the regime of previous Congress Government, despite the release of grant of about `250 to `260 crore, there was no positive results in improvement of cricket infrastructure in seven years, he alleged.
He added that slogan of ‘No. 1 Haryana’ was being hailed but no concrete step was taken to strengthen infrastructure for promotion of cricket.
legendary cricketer Kapil Dev and many other international players were born in Haryana but the state could not give many cricketers because of corruption, said he
Earlier, the former cricketer Chetan Sharma had alleged that there is widespread corruption in the HCA and the office-bearers are responsible for it.
“The HCA gets crores of rupees from BCCI every year to develop sports infrastructure and promote cricket… where does all that money goIJ,” he had questioned stating that the state does not even have an international stadium of its own.