Change in CAL set-up unlikely as voices grow louder for fair polls

A change in the top setup of the Cricket Association Lucknow (CAL) is unlikely as Justice RM Lodha Committee recommendations, which restrict individuals for a certain period as an administrator of the game, aren't applicable to district units of cricket of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and its different state units, including Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association.

- Sharad Deep

As per the Lodha Committee report in 2015, which was for the reform of the BCCI and its state units, the Supreme Court had clarified that these recommendations do not extend to the governance of district cricket associations.

This, however, allows both long-serving president Navneet Sehgal and secretary KM Khan to continue on their posts, if they win the elections when CAL holds its annual general meeting and elections for the next three years on July 26 here. Interestingly, the voters list of the CAL is yet to make it public despite repeated demands of almost all the clubs/units of the cricketing body.

Khan, who has been secretary of the CAL since 1983, on Monday said: “I am 70 right now, but still feel strong enough to shoulder the responsibility of secretary for the next three years.” “Sehgal Ji too will be contesting the elections for the post of president,” he added.