State Minister for Youth and Sports Ahad Ali Sarkar met with different stakeholders yesterday to discuss about the amended constitution of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB).
The minister first met with district, division and club officials, who talked in favour of approving the amended constitution as it is.
While the officials of CWAB (Cricketers Welfare Association of Bangladesh) voiced in favour of representation of the former cricketers in the board and they requested the minister to keep the clause which empowers 15 former cricketers with councillorship in the board.
According to sources, the minister didn’t make any comments rather he learnt the different opinions regarding the amended constitution.
Radical changes had been brought to the constitution in the last Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) of the BCB last March and the abolishment of the clauses, which gave 15 former cricketers councillorship in the board, generated widespread condemnation in the cricket arena.
As per the amended constitution, the post of president will also be democratically contested and the post of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) turns into Chief Operating Officer (COO); who will, in truth be just a glorified clerk.
Meanwhile, the BCB president AHM Mustafa Kamal has already said that he would prefer to see the board elections taking place on time and in that case NSC should approve the amended constitution immediately if they want to hold the election under new constitution.
The sources said that the Minister also wants to hold the election on time.
The current committee took charge on November 28 in 2008, so their tenure will expire by November 28 this year, in which case the authorities have very little time to start the process.
-With The Daily Star input
