New Delhi: In a shocking move, Supreme Court on Monday removed BJP lawmaker Anurag Thakur as the president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) following perjury charges against him.
On December 16, judges had said Anurag Thakur, who is also a BJP lawmaker, seems to have ‘committed perjury’ after the court was informed that he had made a false statement on asking the International Cricket Council or ICC to clarify whether a recommendation made by the Lodha committee amounted to interference in the board’s running.
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SC says that the BCCI and state board officials failed to implement its orders to bring transparency and accountability in cricket body.
The apex court also removed Ajay Shirke from the post of BCCI Secretary.
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The Lodha Committee, headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha, was set up in January 2015 by the Supreme Court to suggest changes in the way the BCCI, the world’s richest cricket board, is run.