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President Pranab Mukherjee (above) conferring Sachin Tendulkar with Bharat Ratna © Getty Images Jan 2, 2014 In a surprising move, the BCCI has published the 2013-14 annual report with pictures of Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the cover. The president is seen conferring the Bharat Ratna on cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar while Modi is shown taking oath. Modi was then president of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), but two days into taking oath he relieved himself off the role to focus on his new duty, passing on the role to Amit Shah, his trusted aide. BCCI secretary, Sanjay Patel claimed the Board was delighted to see Narendra Modi assume Prime Minister’s role, “It was heartening to see Shri Narendra Modiji, president of the Gujarat Cricket Association, taking oath as Prime Minister of India,” he wrote in the journal. The decision to do away with cricketer’s photographs for this edition of the annual report was met by varied responses from former and present Board members. Kishore Rungta, a former BCCI treasurer and ex president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association hinted that the board may be getting “relief” by giving importance to powerful politicians. “I don’t read much into it. It doesn’t impact Mr Modi. It doesn’t impact the BCCI, too, because if they are thinking that they would get some relief (by printing politicians’ photos), there is no chance,” Rungta told Mail Toda
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President Pranab Mukherjee (above) conferring Sachin Tendulkar with Bharat Ratna © Getty Images Jan 2, 2014 In a surprising move, the BCCI has published the 2013-14 annual report with pictures of Indian President, Pranab Mukherjee and India Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the cover. The president is seen conferring the Bharat Ratna on cricketing great Sachin Tendulkar while Modi is shown taking oath. Modi was then president of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), but two days into taking oath he relieved himself off the role to focus on his new duty, passing on the role to Amit Shah, his trusted aide. BCCI secretary, Sanjay Patel claimed the Board was delighted to see Narendra Modi assume Prime Minister’s role, “It was heartening to see Shri Narendra Modiji, president of the Gujarat Cricket Association, taking oath as Prime Minister of India,” he wrote in the journal. The decision to do away with cricketer’s photographs for this edition of the annual report was met by varied responses from former and present Board members. Kishore Rungta, a former BCCI treasurer and ex president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association hinted that the board may be getting “relief” by giving importance to powerful politicians. “I don’t read much into it. It doesn’t impact Mr Modi. It doesn’t impact the BCCI, too, because if they are thinking that they would get some relief (by printing politicians’ photos), there is no chance,” Rungta told Mail Todafrom Top News on RSS Feeds http://ift.tt/1zGA0II
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