The three-member panel comprising former CJI Lodha, Ashok Bhan and RV Raveendran are based out of different cities and it looks practically impossible that they would be meeting tomorrow with a day left for opening of bidding for broadcast, mobile and internet rights.
The panel was supposed to meet on October 21 but that was later cancelled.
"The BCCI while floating the tender and announcing the date never consulted with the committee and now that's coming to bite them. And also it's still two years to go. What's the hurry? The panel will be meeting and asking for all the documents and then coming to a decision. It will take some time as a lot of things needs to be checked," a source close to the panel told PTI today.
"It was a process where our auditors (Deloitte), legal firm (Amarchand) along with two independent faces from the global media industry would be vetting the tenders, looking into all the aspects. The BCCI bigwigs will only be spectators. Our only job is to announce the names as it is an independent process. If we don't get any response, we don't know what to do," a senior BCCI source said.
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