BCCI likely to remove Lalit Modi: Sources

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NEW DELHI: In what could spell more trouble for Lalit Modi, sources told TIMES NOW on Monday that a resolution to oust him as the Indian Premier League chairman is likely to be moved at the next Board of Cricket Control in India meet.

"BCCI president Shashank Manohar is not in favour of Lalit Modi and doesn't approve of his way of functioning", a source said.

According to some sources, BCCI is likely to move a resolution for removal on May 2.

Amid fast-moving developments in the controversy surrounding the Kochi IPL franchise, the BCCI had on Sunday decided to put off its Working Committee meeting which was scheduled on Saturday.

Confirming the postponement, BCCI sources indicated that the IPL Governing Council meeting is expected to be convened before the Working Committee meeting to discuss threadbare all the issues on hand, including the much-talked-about Kochi franchisee bought by a consortium Rendezvous Sports World Limited.

According to indications the IPL Governing Council meeting will take place only after the conclusion of the 45-day tournament on April 25.

The IPL Governing Council meeting is expected to be a stormy one in which the powers of the high-flying chairman Lalit Modi could be curtailed in the wake of his public spat with union minister Shashi Tharoor over the Kochi franchise ownership.

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