Roger Binny in trouble? BCCI ethics officer serves conflict of interest notice to current president

As
per
PTI,
Saran
has
asked
Binny
to
file
a
written
response
by
December
20
against
the
conflict
of
interest
allegations
levelled
against
him.
The
complainant,
Sanjeev
Gupta,
has
alleged
that
Binny
is
conflicted
as
his
daughter-in-law
works
for
Star
Sports
which
has
home
season
media
rights
for
Indian
cricket.

“You
are
hereby
informed
that
a
complaint
has
been
received
under
Rule
39(2)(b)
of
the
Rules
and
Regulations
of
BCCI
by
the
Ethics
Officer,
BCCI
for
breach
of
Rule
38
(1)
(i)
and
Rule
38(2)
of
the
said
rules,
constituting
an
instance
of
“conflict
of
interest”
on
your
part.

“You
are
directed
to
file
your
Written
Response
to
the
accompanying
complaint
on
or
before
20/12/2022.
The
said
response
should
be
supported
by
a
duly
executed
affidavit,”
wrote
Saran
in
the
notice
dated
November
21.

Mayanti
Langer
–
who
is
Binny’s
daughter-in-law
–
is
part
of
Star
Sports’ broadcast
panel.
She
has
been
a
regular
face
of
the
broadcasters’
anchoring
group.

This
isn’t
the
first
instance
when
a
conflict
of
interest
clause
is
being
raised
against
Roger
Binny.
Earlier
in
2015,
the
BCCI
removed
Binny
as
the
national
selector
citing
a
conflict
of
interest
as
his
son
Stuart
Binny
played
for
the
national
side.
The
board
had
also
removed
Team
Director
Ravi
Shastri
from
the
IPL
governing
council
under
the
same
clause.

Binny
–
the
former
all-rounder
who
was
part
of
the
1983
World
Cup-winning
Indian
side
-became
the
36th
BCCI
president
in
October,
replacing
former
India
captain
Sourav
Ganguly.
The
67-year-old
played
27
Tests
and
T20
ODIs
for
India.

The
former
president
of
Karnataka
State
Cricket
Association
(KSCA)
is
the
only
cricketer
in
the
BCCI’s
administration
panel
while
the
rest
of
the
members
have
a
political
background.

Before
Binny,
the
BCCI
had
only
two
other
Test
players
as
full-time
presidents
in
the
past
i.e.
Sourav
Ganguly
and
the
Maharajkumar
of
Vizianagaram
(1954-56).
However,
former
cricketers
Shivlal
Yadav
and
Sunil
Gavaskar
served
as
the
board
presidents
briefly
on
an
ad-hoc
basis.