Daijiworld Media Network
Ahemadabad, Oct 24 : The Wire, the national news webportal who broke Amit Shah's son Jay Shah's alleged 16000 times increase in company wealth story, has come out with another news accusing both father and son continuing as office-bearers in the Gujarat Cricket Association flouting the Supreme Court guidelines.
In the article published on October 23, on The Wire website, it s alleged that despite the Lodha Committee norms clearly saying both must quit, the Shah dynasty rules the Gujarat Cricket Association.
The article quotes "It has been over a year since the Lodha committee recommendations were given legal backing by the Supreme Court but Gujarat Cricket Association president Amit Shah and joint secretary Jay Amit Shah, among others, continue to stay in office despite falling foul of norms that are meant to cleanse cricketing bodies of the powerful cliques that have run them for years.
The Supreme Court’s July 2016 order clearly states that all office-bearers must vacate their position for a three year 'cooling off' period after completing a three-year term."
"Amit Shah has been an office-bearer since 2009 (2009-14, vice president; 2014-now, president) while his son was elevated to the post of joint secretary in 2013. Elections were supposed to be held at the GCA last year but have been put on hold following the Supreme Court order. If due electoral process had been followed in 2016, Amit Shah and Jay Amit Shah would not have been eligible for the posts they now occupy," says The Wire.
In the case of Amit Shah, an additional disqualification might just have kicked in when he was elected to the Rajya Sabha in August, since MPs come under the definition of ‘public servants’ – a category of individual that the Supreme Court had barred from being involved in cricket administration.
Asked why he continues to be in office despite his ineligibility to hold the post of joint secretary at the GCA, Jay Shah told The Wire on Sunday around midnight, “The subject matter of your questions is sub judice before the Hon’ble (sic) Supreme Court where the judicial decisions are yet to be taken. It is, therefore, absolutely inappropriate to discuss, debate or deliberate upon the issues raised.”
“However, I will contact and consult my legal advisor tomorrow and he will send an appropriate reply to you on my behalf. You are, therefore, requested to wait for a reply/response of my advocate,” Jay Shah added.
The Wire‘s questions to Amit Shah have not yet been answered, according to the website.
It can be recalled that, Jay Amit Shah filed Rs 100 crore suite against The Wire for publishing article on his firm earlier this month.