Bishan Singh Bedi threatens authorized motion, calls for quick removing of his identify from Kotla stand

Spin legend Bishan Singh Bedi has threatened to take authorized motion towards the DDCA if his identify will not be faraway from a spectators’ stand on the Feroz Shah Kotla floor with quick impact.
On Wednesday, Bedi had shot a letter to the Delhi and District Cricket Association, lambasting it for putting in a statue of its late former President Arun Jaitley on the Kotla.
In the absence of any response from DDCA, Bedi wrote one other letter to the cricket physique on Saturday.
“It’s been a few days since I wrote to you … While within minutes of my letter going public I had an overwhelming support of the cricket fraternity across the globe. But I’m sad there’s been no reaction from you,” Bedi wrote in his letter addressed to DDCA President Rohan Jaitley.
“… I hope in our country people still have a right to decide as individuals what they wish to be associated with & where their name plates can hang with dignity. Please don’t push me to take a legal recourse.”
Bedi had additionally determined to surrender his membership of the DDCA.
In his scathing letter, Bedi questioned the DDCA president’s “ill advised” and “inexplicable” silence.
“Your seemingly ill advised silence to my letter that has triggered a public debate about perpetuating politicians at sporting venues exposes your naivety,” he wrote.
“Your inexplicable silence additionally underlines guilt of occupying a place of energy solely due to your loved ones identify, which, you clearly want to promote, come what might.
“Finally, I hope you will have the basic courtesy to reply to a former cricketer who is not asking for a favour, but wants his cricketing integrity not to be bartered away.”
The statue of Jaitley can be unveiled by BCCI president Sourav Ganguly at Kotla on Monday within the presence of union house minister Amit Shah and former BCCI chief Anurag Thakur, amongst others.
Bedi stated he didn’t want to be related to the cricket stadium which has a statue of the late politician, who was a minister within the BJP-led NDA authorities and died final 12 months owing to a number of well being points.
“I’ve been around long to know DDCA has a tradition of ignoring cricketers’ voice, hence this reminder. There’s a reason for my urgent request,” the 74-year-old stated.
“… Not for a day or perhaps a minute would I really feel higher to be a part of a cricket stadium which has a statue of an individual, who I strongly imagine, introduced down cricketing values within the Capital massively to say the least.
“No, I don’t wish a stand in my name when late Arun Jaitley’s statue is erected without any visible shame.”
Jaitley was DDCA president for 14 years, from 1999 to 2013, earlier than quitting cricket administration. The physique plans to have a six-foot statue of him put in on the Kotla to honour his reminiscence.
DDCA had named one of many stands after Bedi in November 2017 together with one other former India participant Mohinder Amarnath.