BCCI ombudsman Justice (Retd) AP Shah sought Board’s response on an allegation of Conflict of Interest against its consultant RP Shah, who is also a Director in a construction company contracted with the Mumbai Cricket Association.
The complaint has been filed by independent journalist-cum-activist Niraj Gunde and Office of Ombudsman has asked the BCCI to file a reply in this regard by Feb 2.
According to the complaint, RP Shah, who is an employee/consultant of the BCCI, is also a director of construction company B G Shirke Construction Technology, which has a contract with MCA.
According to the complaint: “MCA, which is an affiliated unit of BCCI, has given BG Shirke Construction Technology Private limited contract for running the club at Bandra-Kurla on a build-Operate and Transfer mechanism.”
Gunde has already filed Conflict of Interest complaints against former India captain Sourav Ganguly, media manager Nishant Arora and national selector Vikram Rathour.
icc ceo lauds Manohar’s stance lauding Shashank Manohar for his stand against conflict of interest, International Cricket Council CEO Dave Richardson (in pic above) said the ICC Chairman, who also heads the BCCI, is a principled man and is trying to reform the governance structure in both the bodies.
“Any improvements on the governance of any country, as far as the ICC is concerned at this stage, is fair enough. I know that our new Chairman Mr. Manohar is a very principled man and seems to be interested or trying to at least adhere to the principles of no conflict of interest when it comes to governance of the game,” Richardson said.