Early last year (Feb. 22, 2017) the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) had decided to introduce a disclosure form for every employee to avoid conflict of interest.
The 'conflict of interest' continues to fester in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). And this time it concerns its manager logistics (cricket operations) Mayank Parikh.
Having been employed with the BCCI since 2015, just before Anurag Thakur took over as its president from N. Srinivasan, Parikh has failed to disclose that he owns six clubs in Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) despite drawing hefty salary from the board.
Early last year (Feb. 22, 2017) the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (COA) had decided to introduce a disclosure form for every employee to avoid conflict of interest. This was according to the instructions of the Apex court intended to help in cleaning up of the proceedings in the board.
The then BCCI general manager of cricket operations Dr MV Sridhar, who died last year following a cardiac arrest, was one of the first to face music because of Nthis.
Sridhar had to vacate the seat as he did not inform the board that he operated a handful of clubs in Hyderabad during his tenure as their employee.
When contacted, Parikh refused to answer any of the queries raised by DNA regarding the ownership of all the six clubs — Bombay Union Sports Club, Errant Cricketers, Superstar Sports Club, Victory Cricket Club, Young Boys Cricket Club and Youth Cricket Club.
"I don't want to comment on this subject," Parikh told DNA over telephone on Wednesday. When asked once again for his reaction, he said, "No comments please" before hanging up the phone.
Incidentally, Parikh has been allowed to continue on the payroll of world's richest cricket body despite the fact that BCCI and MCA offices are situated in the same building at the Wankhede Stadium premises.
On condition of anonymity, a top MCA official said, "He (Parikh) works on the fourth floor and attends MCA meetings as club representative, along with his wife and son, on the third floor. Everyone in this premises know about his conflict of interest. Why the COA or BCCI CEO have not taken any action in this regard can only be answered by them."
Contempt Of Court
The Justice Lodha panel recommendations passed by the Apex court were clear and made the COA to start implementing the conflict of interest-related guidelines among BCCI employees in 2015.
Repeated attempts to reach COA chief Vinod Rai and Diana Edulji proved futile. While the BCCI CEO Rahul Johri sent a message saying "will talk later" after not taking the call.
However, the insiders in BCCI and MCA said that "Parikh issue has been repeatedly brought to the notice of COA at different levels but no action has been initiated till date".
The COA is soon going to present a status report on implementation of reforms before the Supreme Court and it remains to be seen if they will mention this particular issue in it.
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