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| JKCA ON POLITICAL PITCH | | | Satwant Singh Rissam
The love of Indians
for the cricket is
known world-over. Another aspect underneath this love is the love of Indian politicians for the cricket too. However this love is not new, it ranges from the era of Jawahar Lal Nehru to times of Narendra Modi. The politicians irrespective of their political affiliations are into the pitch of Indian cricket. Somewhat this is also visible in Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association(JKCA) too as it has been under the command & guidance of Dr. Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of J&K. The JKCA has been looked after by Dr. Farooq Abdullah since 1980. Over these years many achievements were also made by players under JKCA. One such example was when spinner Parvez Rasool became the first cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir to represent India in a One-Day International. He also became the first cricketer from the state to get an Indian Premier League (IPL) contract when he signed up for the Pune Warriors & later appeared for Sunrisers Hyderabad in IPL. Other players from state have also done well when, Shubham Khajuria, was selected in the India U-19 squad for the tour of Sri Lanka. In addition to them, pacer Abid Nabi also got a chance to play at national level in many tournaments.
The cricket & controversies are not new; either they happen on field or off the field. People associated with cricket come from varied backgrounds & at times its reflection falls on cricket as well.
JKCA has not remained untouched from the controversy & the times of turbulence started in April 2012. It was then the JKCA was struck by multi crore scam, wherein it is alleged that embezzlement to the tune of Rs 113 crore has taken place. The matter is in court relating to the said scam. Now, recently JKCA was again in news for wrong reasons. It brought insult for JKCA when it was taken over by new group under the affiliation of new coalition govt by haphazardly conducting elections of JKCA. The manner in which it was taken over is said to be not less than a coup in JKCA. The attempt to take over JKCA has again shown the symptoms of love for the game by new politicians of the state. It all appears now to be a political match for control of JKCA. In May 2014, Dr. Farooq Abdullah was elected as JKCA President for a period of three years. But it is said that these hurriedly conducted elections were done to grab and retain control over this prestigious organisation. Indeed a close confidante of Dr. Farooq Abdullah went to court and got this whole new election stayed. This all episode of taking over by new group of JKCA affairs has further added to the confusion. Both the groups now claim stake to JKCA & players in general are confused to whom to go for any matter related to the game. Matter seems to be now more of political prestige than the personal prestige, as one party wants to defeat off the other in JKCA also. Whenever the govt. in J&K changed we witnessed changes in the administrative setup. But it is for the first time that change of govt has caused its effect on sports bodies also. The debate and assertions from public in India that no political persons should be appointed as head of any sports organisation seem to have lost its effect in J&K also. |
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