Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Defiant Modi refuses to step down

Updated on Tuesday, April 20, 2010, 18:28 IST

Sources are also claiming that the post of IPL Commissioner may be dissolved to bring-in depolarisation of power. As per the new plan, a three-member committee will look after the affairs of the league. The committee would comprise of an ex-player, a BCCI official and a marketing official with the BCCI President acting as an interim IPL chief till a new arrangement is being made.

With the odds stacking against him, Modi is fast losing ground as it is now clear that his biggest supporter Sharad Pawar has completely washed his hands off him.

Modi is under fire after he triggered the controversy by tweeting Kochi franchise’s stakeholding pattern, which also brought the cricket board under the Income Tax department’s scanner.

He is also being accused of having helped his family and friends buy stakes in various IPL teams.

The vast majority of the millions of cricket fans across the world are aware of the magic that Modi has spun with the IPL and they would not want him to go. The whole drama of his guilt is being orchestrated by the Congress. They have managed to get Sharad Pawar to fall in line with allegations against his son-in-law. It is revealing that vital papers to prove this is missing - which means that the Congress will produce it if Sharad Pawar fails to fall in line. This is blackmailing at its worst. In order to call the Congress, Modi must not oblige anyone by resigning. Let him fight till the end, to the last ball of the last over. This is expected from one who was not bowled over when the whole political said that the IPL cannot be played in India due to elections. He coolly took it to South Africa and the rest is history.

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