The clamour for embattled BCCI President N Srinivasan's resignation in the wake of the spot-fixing scandal continued to grow today with Goa and Assam cricket associations joining the chorus for his ouster even as Union Minister Sachin Pilot called for a "thorough probe" to restore the credibility of the game.
Srinivasan might have claimed that the Board is firmly behind him but the tide seems to be turning against him in the last couple of days with more Board officials asking him to "stay away" till the investigations were completed.
Srinivasan's son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan, who is Team Principal of Chennai Super Kings, the IPL franchise owned by the BCCI boss, is currently behind bars for alleged involvement in betting.
"The spot fixing scandal has sullied the name of cricket and hurt the feeling of people who are fondly attached to the game...An inquiry has been ordered into the scandal and I am confident that it will hold thorough probe to regain confidence of people towards lovely game of cricket," Pilot, the Corporate Affairs minister, said in Patna.
IPL Chairman Rajeev Shukla, who had yesterday indicated that he would not take up the post again, refused to talk more on the issue.
"I have already spoken in detail about the entire thing yesterday...I have nothing to add to it," Shukla said.
After Jyotiraditya Scindia raised the first voice of dissent on Tuesday, more and more Board and state unit officials are coming on record to express their displeasure over Srinivasan's continuance.
"He has to resign, there is no other option. How can you continue when your son-in-law is involved, he is involved with CSK, it is just not possible to have an impartial probe till he resigns," said Goa Cricket Association vice-President Shekhar Salkar.
