The Hindu: New Delhi: Tuesday,
July 30, 2013.
The Working
Group for drafting the National Sports Development Bill clarified on Monday
that there was no provision to keep the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) out of the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.
Interacting
with journalists, chairman of the Working Group Justice Mukul Mudgal said the
proposed Bill covered all sports federations. “The [draft] Bill is not about
one particular sports federation. It covers all sports bodies, including that
of cricket,” he said.
“RTI will be
made applicable to all National Sports Federations (NSFs) once it [the draft]
becomes a Bill. RTI will cover everything and no exception has been made for
BCCI,” he said.
However,
there were certain areas where RTI would not be applicable. “RTI will not
include team selection, fitness or injury details and contract details [with
players],” Justice Mudgal said.
Justice
Mudgal said that when charges were framed against a person and criminal
proceedings initiated, they would not be eligible to contest elections in NSF
elections.
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