New Delhi: As India debates whether the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should come under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah removed his tweet slamming his father Farooq Abdullah for participating in Cabinet discussions even though he heads a sports body.
Farooq Abdullah is the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association.
In what is being seen as father versus son debate, Omar Abdullah tweeted on Tuesday evening," I believe the Union Ministers heading sports bodies should have excused themselves from the Sports Bill discussion."
But soon after that Omar removed the previous comment saying,"Next time I plan to tweet on what central Cabinet Ministers do someone please tell me to shut up."
The Cabinet on Tuesday rejected the Sports Bill which sought to regulate the operations of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and other sports bodies.
Sports Bill not cleared by Cabinet
The Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided not to table the National Sports Development Bill in this session of Parliament and asked the Sports Ministry to prepare another draft.
Sports Minister Ajay Maken has been asked to rework the Sports Bill, after a number of ministers raised objections at the Cabinet meet. At present, five Cabinet Ministers are heading different sports bodies.
After an hour-long meeting, the Union Cabinet on Tuesday decided Ajay Maken's dream to change the face of sporting administration in the country remains just that.
One of the most contentious clauses was bringing the BCCI under the RTI ambit.
ICC President Sharad Pawar vehemently opposed the move of bringing the BCCI under RTI. He almost warned that even if the Bill is passed by the Cabinet, he would complain to the UPA leadership. He even said that if an age bar of 70 was imposed on sports administrators, then by that yardstick half of the cabinet shouldn't be there.
Farooq Abdullah, President of Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association, expressed reservations of putting an age bar of 70 years for sports administrators. He said he himself was fit enough to carry out sports administrative affairs despite being over 70.
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