Chirayu Amin takes over IPL, L. Modi in the Docks

 Lalit Modi

26.04.10 Mangalore : Indian Premier League may be rich, but its governing council is poor, in courage. A whole governing council could not take a strong decision against the king of IPL – 1 to 3, Lalit Modi, when he appeared before them as commissioner, who paid Rs.11 crores as his current personal Income Tax. With a contract from BCCI lasting upto 2012, he could still arrange an IPL-4 in South Africa and final IPL-5 in India, before he retired. But the BCCI gang of 5 or 6 men, all rich and powerful, backed by Sharad Pawar as the next ICC chief in wings, did not have the strength to remove a single official such as L.Modi, but after 2 hours long fresh debate, have only suspended him(?) from IPL indefinitely. Chirayu Amin succeeds him (L.Modi) as new commissioner.

On Monday morning, April 25th Modi was not present, as also Farouk Abdullah who supports him. A 34 – page notice was issued to Modi in absentia and he was suspended forthwith for receiving kickbacks in telecasting rights allotments and for rigging Pune and Kochi (new) franchise bids.

L. Modi had the last laugh on NDTV and told the audience that BCCI bigwigs were scared of him and the truth he was about to bare in the meeting should he attend it as chairman. He had 15 days to answer the BCCI chargesheet, whereas he ha asked for only 5 days to prepare for the BCCI meeting! One is led to believe that the courageous, if corrupt, Lalit Modi, cared two hoots for the filthy rich BCCI boys in his net. He had something to tell against them which remained unexposed on Monday. BCCI councillors regard Modi as a “lone ranger” or a gladiator.

Income tax sleuths looking into BCCI-IPL deals are angling for Rs.140 crores in tax arrears. BCCI has begun an internal enquiry against Modi, rather too late.