Should BCCI Come Under RTI Act?
By siliconindia   |   Thursday, 01 September 2011, 03:54 IST   |    34 Comments
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Sporting federations in India are largely headed by politicians who in most cases, have no sporting background or knowledge about the field of sports they head. Senior BJP leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra is the Senior Vice President of the Indian Olympic Association and the acting President of the IOA since 26 April 2011. He also heads the General Association of National Sports Federations and is the President of the Archery Association of India. Priyaranjan Dasmunshi headed the All India Football Federation for years and later Praful Patel replaced him. BCCI also has a bunch of politicians at the top helm of affairs as Sharad Pawar was its president earlier and the Congress leader Rajiv Shukla is a senior functionary of BCCI.
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While acknowledging the good works done by the BCCI, it's an undisputable fact that it is a secretive body with little transparency and practically no accountability. Many episodes from the match-fixing scandal of 2000 to the World Cup debacle in 2007 and the scandalous IPL saga, it is over and again proven that the BCCI has many skeletons in its cupboard. The devastating 4-0 loss to England is just a signal that all is not well with the Indian cricket team. What surety the crazy Indian cricketing millions have that its decisions would not cause irreparable damages to Indian cricket? And many believe that bringing transparency and accountability in its functioning will work for its benefit. Express your opinions on bring BCCI under the RTI act.