New Delhi: The Indian Cricket Board is all set to take a decision on suspended IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi's fate as it has called for a special general meeting on July 3.
All state associations have been asked to attend the meeting, which is likely to include vote in favour of Modi's removal.
It must be noticed that BCCI needs 3/4th majority to sack Modi.
Modi has been in the black books of the BCCI board for a while, but now it seems that India's cricket body is going to be moving against him.
Board Secretary N Srinivasan said in his letter to the state associations that the meeting has been called to ratify his action in referring the charges against Lalit Modi mentioned in the three show cause notices to the Disciplinary Committee of the BCCI for further proceedings. (
Read: Srinivasan's letter to the state associations)
Srinivasan also said that the meeting has been called "to reconstitute the Disciplinary Committee of BCCI for holding enquiry against Lalit K Modi".
Modi was slapped a show cause notice and suspended from all positions in the BCCI, including as chairman and commissioner of its sub-committee IPL, on April 25 soon after the conclusion of the final of the Twenty20 league.
Modi was accused of financial irregularities in the conduct of the league as well as rigging the bids for franchisees and he responded to the notice with a staggering reply running over 15,000 pages.
The Board issued him a second show cause notice -- based on an email from England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke -- which accused him of trying to destroy the structure of world and Indian cricket on the day he replied to the first and he retorted with a 24-page reply.
The third and last notice issued to him related to alleged irregularities in the awarding of theatrical rights and 150-second commercial slot in between balls during the telecast of IPL 3 matches.
He responded to the third show cause notice a few days ago with a 50-page reply with supporting documents.
(With PTI inputs)