Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) logistics (cricket operations) manager Mayank Parikh was issued show cause notice — asking him to explain his position with in five days.
The Indian cricket board on Tuesday issued show cause notice to one of its senior employee for not disclosing information related to conflict of interest issue, as mandated by an order by the Supreme Court.
Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) logistics (cricket operations) manager Mayank Parikh was issued show cause notice — asking him to explain his position with in five days.
A BCCI mail sent to Parikh late on Monday stated, “You are owner of so many MCA (Mumbai Cricket Association) clubs along with your wife and son. It has been brought to our notice that you (Parikh) have been attending meetings of the MCA and also openly campaigning for the clubs, which is against the spirit of Supreme Court orders on conflict of interest.”
Parikh had not disclosed to the board that he directly or indirectly owns six MCA clubs – Bombay Union Sports Club, Errant Cricketers, Superstar Sports Club, Victory Cricket Club, Young Boys Cricket Club and Youth Cricket Club – despite being on the payroll of BCCI since 2015.
This has come four days after DNA reported on September 27 on how Parikh has been allowed to continue despite not making disclosure, as required by the recommended reforms by Justice Lodha panel, in the written form submitted to BCCI after the SC orders passed on July 18, 2016.
Also hours after DNA had asked questions on this issue, BCCI CEO Rahul Johri had sent an email to all employees asking them to make a fresh disclosures in the next 15 days.
With the board about to file its status report in Supreme Court on the implementation of Justice Lodha panel reforms any day now, Johri’s show cause notice to Parikh could be seen as a step to avoid any contempt of court issue.
It was after SC orders that BCCI forced former GM (cricket operations) Dr MV Sridhar to quit his high-profile post for failure on his part to disclose owning six clubs in Hyderabad in September 2017.
Dr Sridhar later died of a heart attack on October 30, 2017. “Dr Sridhar was brought into BCCI for his experience of handling cricket affairs in Hyderabad. In his own defence then, former GM also wrote how his conflict is all in public notice and hence, he didn’t feel it important to disclose formally to BCCI. Yet, he was forced to quit in the name of SC orders,” disclosed a BCCI top employee on Tuesday.
“And, here is a case where such a senior employee (Parikh) has been allowed to carry on despite knowing about his defiance of SC orders for so many months,” added the official.
Parikh, who works on the fourth floor of BCCI headquarters, has openly been attending MCA meetings as club representative along with his wife and son, on the third floor of Wankhede Stadium premises.
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