Nearly a month earlier than the Indian Premier League gets kicked off, the Sawai Mansingh Stadium and the Rajasthan Cricket Association’s office have been sealed by the Rajasthan Sports Council. The Sports Council claimed that the state cricket physique didn’t fulfil its liabilities, which included fee of dues.
Apart from the stadium, the RCA office and its academy have additionally been sealed. The Rajasthan Sports Council secretary Sohan Ram Choudhary served a discover to the RCA handy over the property however that didn’t occur. Due to that, the state sports activities council sealed the properties as a consequence of RCA’s alleged failure to face on the circumstances as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and non-payment of dues.
âWe had despatched them (RCA) quite a few notices however there was no reply from their finish. They solely replied to extend the MoU to 10 years (from eight years). They had liabilities and they didn’t fulfil them,â Choudhary informed the media.
He mentioned that they sat with the RCA to discover a resolution however needed to take this step. âWe have sat down with RCA to discover a resolution. They obtained roughly Rs 200 crores however informed us that they have not obtained the sum.
They had rather a lot of cash through the Rajasthan Premier League however they didn’t adhere to the MoU and didn’t deposit the cash, that is why we needed to take this step,â he added.
However, he assured that the act will not cease the IPL matches and the International video games to be held on the venue. “This is our premise and we just took it back. The IPL matches will happen and all other national and international matches will also happen and the players will get all the facilities,” he added.
RCA president alleges the act is smacked by politics
The Rajasthan Cricket Association president Vaibhav Gehlot has alleged that the act of sealing these premises is smacked by politics. âThe pending dues are previous one, Rs 8 crore is excellent however immediately sealing (as a result of of) that previous case and that too earlier than the IPL reveals political malice. This mustn’t have occurred,” Gehlot mentioned.
“We weren’t given full time, the time given was lower than two days, there shouldn’t be politics in sports activities however politics is going on which isn’t proper,â he added. He added that the RCA will speak to its legal professionals about what steps it might take.Â
The IPL physique launched a partial schedule of the event. It launched the schedule for the primary two weeks, which is able to function 21 matches. The Sawai Mansingh Stadium is scheduled to host the Rajasthan Royals season opener towards Lucknow Super Giants on March 24. It may even be internet hosting the conflict towards Delhi Capitals on March 28.
