A rebel group of the National Cricket Club, a full time member of the BCCI, has moved the city civil court alleged illegal notice of Annual General Meeting slated at its office in Eden Gardens on December 31.
Established more than 65 years ago, the NCC will have its AGM after 30 years as notices were sent to a few members but are without the signature of the secretary which is a must, spokesperson of the warring group Prabhat Jhawar claimed.
The case will be heard on January 2, Jhawar said.
Alleging gross irregularities, he said:"You can be witness to only election in the world where the candidates standing for elections do not have membership list. It's a joke on democracy."
He alleged that the NCC have fudged the membership list and the life and founder members with full voting rights are not allowed to vote.
"The unsigned notice says only members with 2015-16 card can attend the AGM. Since 1981 no new members have been taken. Recently, it has come to our notice that secretary has been illegally inducting new members from the backdoor to increase his voting strength."
"As per Registrar Of Companies (ROC) filing for 2013-14 only 17 members were alive, suddenly more than 100 members become alive and received the AGM notice. It is still not known how many living members are there in NCC...
"If the membership is open after 34 years, all members must be informed and given equal right to propose new members," Jhawar claimed.
However a senior member of the NCC rubbished the allegations.
"There's no truth in it in fact the person who's making all these claims is not a member at all," he said referring to Jhawar's allegations.
The president's seat in NCC is vacant after the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya while KP Kajaria is holding the secretary's post. Dalmiya's son and current CAB joint secretary Avishek Dalmiya represented NCC at BCCI's last AGM.
