Firstpost: New Delhi: Thursday, April 26, 2018.
The BCCI is
keeping all options open after the Law Commission last week recommended the
powerful cricket body be brought under the RTI ambit.
It, however,
doesn't see team selection coming under its purview.
The Law
Commission had said that the BCCI should be brought under the RTI Act, noting
that it falls under the definition of a public authority which has received
substantial financing from the government.
Though the
recommendations of the Law Commission are not binding on the government, the
cash-rich board is waiting to see its stance on the subject.
"BCCI is
waiting for the law commission report to be sent to the government and keeping
all options open. The BCCI will have to come under RTI if mandated. The BCCI is
all for transparency and if that means coming under RTI, it will be
considered," said a senior BCCI official on the condition of anonymity.
"However,
the selection committee and a couple of other things cannot be mandated in it.
Technical and finance committee could be part of RTI," the official added.
The matter
was also discussed by the Committee of Administrators (CoA), Vinod Rai and
Diana Edulji, here today. BCCI CEO Rahul Johri, too, was part of the meeting.
In July 2016,
the Supreme Court had asked the Law Commission to recommend whether the cricket
board can be brought under the RTI.
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