Kolkata: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Friday said conflict of interest should apply only to administrators and not cricketers like Tendulkar, Dravid and Laxman. Speaking at the ‘India Today Conclave (East)’, the new board President said, Conflict of interest has to have lot of common sense. It’s got to be practical. Cricketers should be left out of it. Conflict of interest should apply only to administrators.
Ganguly too faced conflict of interest charge for his multiple commitments. Ganguly said the clause is coming in the way of getting former cricketers on board for administrative roles.
“I am unable to get ex-cricketers on board because of Conflict of Interest. (We need to deal with) Conflict of Interest with a lot of common sense. Someone like Sachin had to leave.
“It”s got to be practical. Conflict of interest should apply only to administrators and cricketers should be left out of it,” he said.
Home Minister Amit Shah”s son Jay Shah is the secretary and the BCCI president wants his colleague to be “judged independently”.
“Jay Shah has won an election. He should be judged independently. He is adjustable. His father is a politician but we should judge him personally,” Ganguly said.
Ganguly made it clear that there has been no political interference in the BCCI matters but conceded that “influential people will be involved in the running of the game”.
“Late Arun Jaitley ji was obsessed with the game but never held a post in BCCI. But he is held in high esteem in Delhi cricket,” he recollected.