BCCI calls Working Committee meet to end AGM impasse

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Press Trust of India Chennai
Last Updated : Sep 07 2014 | 2:10 PM IST
The BCCI seems to have finally found a solution to the impasse related to its much-anticipated Annual General Meeting in an informal gathering of its members today where it was decided to convene a Working Committee meet on September 26.
"The BCCI AGM will not be held within September 30," an official, who attended the meeting, told PTI on condition of anonymity.
Today's meeting was a show of strength by under-fire BCCI President N Srinivasan, who has been forced to step aside due to the ongoing inquiry into the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.
With the Board deciding to convene a Working Committee meet, the AGM is unlikely to be held on the scheduled date of September 30 as rules demand for a three-week gap between the two meetings.
"There is no way that the BCCI AGM can be held within September 30. Around 20 members today attended the meet which showed that Srinivasan has overwhelming majority among the 31 members," the official said.
The BCCI was in quandary on the fate of the AGM as majority of members wanted it to be postponed till the Supreme Court-appointed Mukul Mudgal committee submits its final report in the first week of November.
If the report clears Srinivasan of any wrongdoing, the Tamil Nadu strongman is unlikely to face any election as the opposition faction led by former BCCI president Shashank Manohar has support of a mere four units at the moment.
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First Published: Sep 07 2014 | 2:10 PM IST

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