The BCCI's disciplinary committee will meet in Mumbai on Saturday to assess the Rajasthan Cricket Association's reply to the show-cause notice it was issued by the Indian board following its suspension on May 6. Representatives of the RCA will also attend the meeting as special invitees.
The RCA was suspended by the BCCI after former IPL chairman Lalit Modi, who was expelled by the BCCI last year for "committing acts of serious misconduct and indiscipline", was elected the state association's president. The BCCI suspended it for allowing a banned individual to be a part of its affairs, and, later, omitted the various teams representing Rajasthan from its domestic programme for the upcoming season. That left the players anxious and confused as to what their future holds.
This meeting might clear up some of that confusion. It will be the first time BCCI and RCA officials sit together at the same table since the RCA was suspended.
The BCCI's disciplinary committee includes sidelined BCCI president N Srinivasan, interim board chief Shivlal Yadav and vice-president Rajiv Shukla. Srinivasan, who has been sidelined by the Supreme Court of India while the investigation into the alleged corruption in IPL 2013 is ongoing, will not be a part of the meeting, but BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel will be present. The RCA will be represented by Modi's trusted lieutenants, deputy president Mehmood Abdi and secretary Sumendra Tiwary.
The meeting is being held a couple of days before the BCCI and the RCA are due to hand in responses to the appeal filed on behalf of 75 cricketers affected by the issue, in the Rajasthan High Court, asking that the players not be allowed to suffer because of the administrative stalemate. However, ESPNcricinfo understands that only the RCA's reply to the BCCI's show-cause notice will be discussed, and not the appeal.
The disciplinary committee meeting has been convened as per the BCCI regulations. According to the BCCI rulebook, within six months of the suspension of an individual or a member, a future course of action in the matter should be decided upon. Accordingly, the disciplinary committee will discuss the matter in detail on Saturday and forward its recommendation to the BCCI's working committee, which will meet in Chennai on September 26.
The issue is far more complex than it appears. The BCCI expelled Modi in September 2013 based on a special disciplinary committee's findings. The RCA, which was then headed by CP Joshi, had voted in favour of Modi's expulsion. The expulsion had meant Modi could not be a part of any official cricket activities conducted by BCCI and its members.
However, since the RCA is governed by the Rajasthan Sports Act, Modi could not only represent the Nagaur district in the RCA elections, but was also elected as the association's president. Subsequently, the BCCI - as per its rules - had to suspend the RCA.
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