The past president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), A.C. Muthiah, has said N. Srinivasan should resign from the post of President of BCCI without any pre-conditions in order to maintain probity in public life. And, the three-member probe committee must be dissolved.
The board has no power to constitute any committee in the first place, and it has been ill-advised, he told Business Line .
In a statement, Muthiah said the Memorandum and Rules and Regulations of the BCCI does not allow the constitution of a three-member panel for going into allegations of misconduct by IPL franchisees/owners.
Rule 32 of the Rules and Regulations of BCCI only refers to a procedure to deal with misconduct of players, umpires, team officials, administrators and others. Under this rule, on receipt of a complaint against the above mentioned persons, the president has the power to refer the complaint to a Commissioner.
“It was this provision which I unsuccessfully invoked when India Cements became the franchisee of Chennai Super Kings even while N. Srinivasan was the treasurer of BCCI, violating clause 6.2.4 of the Rules and Regulations,” he said.