'Modi trying to malign BCCI's image'


BCCI-Lalit Modi spat took another turn when board president Shashank alleged that suspended IPL commissioner was trying to malign the image of cricket's apex governing body in India.

“Mr Modi, since Thursday is trying to malign the image of the Board and Mr. Chirayu Amin by making statements which are far from the truth,” Manohar said in a issued statement.

“I did not react earlier when he made allegations against me and the Hony. Secretary as I did not wish to dignify his ridiculous allegations with a repartee. I am replying, because he is trying to tarnish the image of the Board and its members.

“It is alleged by Mr Modi, that Mr Amin had given a bid along with the Pune Franchisee – City Corporation Ltd. He has further alleged that I did not inform him about the letter from Mr. Amin seeking permission to bid and that the said communication was suppressed from him and the Governing Council Members.”

“The truth is that it was Mr Modi himself who sent a message to the Pune Franchisees through Mr Ajay Shirke, President, MCA, asking them to contact Mr. Amin and ask him to be a part of the Consortium.”

“When the Pune Franchisee approached Mr. Amin to join their Consortium, he informed them that he might join the Consortium by making an investment of upto 10 %. Mr. Amin had then given me a letter with a copy to the Hony Secretary, informing that he has been approached by the Pune Franchisee. In his letter he clearly states that should City Corporation Ltd win the bid, he would then formally approach the Board for a sanction to invest in the Consortium. The letter itself makes it very clear that it was a proposal with a pre-condition attached- that Mr Amin would seek a formal sanction only in case the bid succeeds.

“The Board and the Governing Council would have needed to consider Mr Amins case only if and when he put forward a concrete proposal to invest.

“First and foremost, Mr Amin's letter was not for asking permission to bid. Secondly, he was not a bidder with City Corporation Ltd and this even Mr Modi has agreed in his interview to a news channel.

“It is thus clear that the claim of Mr Modi that Mr Amin was a bidder is misleading and is only to malign the image of the Board and it Members.

“Modi, who is himself in the dock, is trying to tarnish the image of the Board by making false and misleading statements time and again when as a fact the Board has landed in this embarrassing situation due to his own misdeeds.

“The reason for me releasing this statement is that the BCCI is an institution which is the best run Sports Body in the country and the image of BCCI cannot be allowed to be tarnished by people like Mr Lalit Modi,” Shashank Manohar alleged in a written statement.

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