New Delhi, April 17: IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi’s powers are likely to be curtailed as the move to clip his wings gained momentum at an informal BCCI meeting in Dharamshala where the Board’s top brass discussed the Kochi franchise ownership row.
After Modi’s public spat with Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on the matter turned into a political storm and an income tax nightmare for the IPL, the Board officials held an informal conclave in the picturesque hill-town of Dharamshala.
It assumes importance as it was the first meeting among the BCCI bigwigs after Modi’s tweets on the identity of Kochi stakeholders triggered off the furore.
Significantly Modi, who wields considerable power as the Indian Premier League chairman and commissioner, was kept out of the deliberation where the key members of the Governing Council generally assessed the fallout of the controversy and the Income Tax raids at IPL offices.
–PTI