Laloo to move court if BCCI derecognises BCA

Bihar Cricket Association president Laloo Prasad Yadav said on Tuesday he would seek legal options if there is any move to derecognise his organisation by the newly-elected Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Yadav, however, said he has not received any official communique from BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya reversing the decision of his predecessor A C Muthiah, who had allowed the Laloo Prasad-led BCA to cast its vote in the election to the members of the BCCI on September 29.

"It is indeed ridiculous that first you give recognition to an association, allow it to cast vote and then derecognise the association if it doesn't cast lot in favour of somebody," Yadav, also RJD chief, told reporters in Patna.

"There is a sinister campaign to oust me from the BCA panel... It will be an insult to BCA and also to the people of Bihar if the decision with regard to affiliation of Bihar Cricket Association is reversed," Yadav told reporters.

The BCCI president Dalmiya had on Tuesday announced to set up two committees within a couple of days to oversee and organise cricket matches in Bihar. One committee would organise matches while the other would be formed for team selection so that cricketing activities were not affected, Dalmiya had said.

Yadav said if the BCA is derecognised then Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh cricket associations would also have to be derecognised as the two states too were bifurcated.

Mail Cricket Editor