Quit if you want, BCCI tells Vengsarkar

NEW DELHI: The stand-off between Dilip Vengsarkar and BCCI reached a point of no return with the Cricket Board making it clear on Monday that the chief selector was free to quit and ruling out amending the guidelines relating to the selectors' conduct.
    
Further hardening its stand, the BCCI said Vengsarkar was free to quit and there was no question of amending guidelines which prevent selectors from writing columns and interacting with the media.
    
"...these guidelines cannot be withdrawn. So Vengsarkar is free to take his decision," BCCI vice president Rajiv Shukla said.
    
Vengsarkar has reportedly told the board that he would wait till tomorrow and if the guidelines are not withdrawn would put in his papers.
    
Shukla, however, dismissed possibility of any such backtracking by the board, saying, "Now the official position is those guidelines have been framed keeping in mind the constitutional provisions and well-established rules and regulations and they cannot be withdrawn."
    
Vengsarkar too stuck to his guns and sources close to him said that the Mumbaikar "will not compromise with his integrity".
    
"He is no longer willing to work in these circumstances unless the Board reconsiders its stance. He has made up his mind to put in his papers," the source said.
    
Vengsarkar has also kept his fellow selectors in the loop and yesterday, he met East Zone selector Ranjib Biswal, who is in Mumbai to watch the Ranji Trophy Super League encounter between the hosts and Maharashtra.