Vadodara: The row between M S University and Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) over representation of university in BCA’s apex council is escalating.
On Tuesday, a group of student leaders led by MSU Students Union (MSUSU) general secretary Rakesh Panjabi and vice-president Kaksha Patel burnt effigy of BCA office-bearers at the D N Hall ground.
Threatening that they would intensify their agitation further, the student leaders also warned that BCA will not be allowed to utilize D N Hall ground while they will also obstruct matches that BCA will organize at its stadium if university is not provided representation in the association.
MSU had recently sent a letter to BCA asking it to include syndicate member Mayank Patel in its apex council. BCA management has, however, expressed inability to accept MSU’s proposal citing Supreme Court’s directives.
Before Patel, MSU had sent syndicate member Jigar Inamdar’s name as university’s representative to the apex council.
According to BCA it used to have a university representative in its managing committee in the past but since the apex council has been made on the recommendations of the Lodha committee that have been accepted by the Supreme Court, MSU nominee cannot be include in the council.
“BCA is not a private entity but it is being run as one by the so-called elite of Vadodara,” said Panjabi, adding that university had received representation in BCA during the Gaekwadi rule.“Not giving its due representation is injustice to thousands of students of the campus,” he said.