Ex-MPCA life member Sanjeev Gupta withdraws 21 complaints against BCCI

Sanjeev Gupta has decided to withdraw all his pending 21 complaints before the BCCI ombudsmancumethics officer Vineet Saran In an email to the BCCI ombudsman a copy of which is with midday Gupta cited an ldquounforeseen ugly incidence sicrdquo that occurred on August 20 which ldquodeterioratedrdquo his health ldquodrasticallyrdquo The incident has led to Gupta abruptly ending his sixandahalf years of ldquoselfless pure intent for letter and spirit compliancerdquo of the Justice Lodha reforms accepted by the Supreme Court of India ldquoto safeguardrdquo his ldquohealth and liferdquoldquoIt is humbly submitted that in view of the above in compulsion I withdrew my long pending 21 factualprecise complaintsrdquo he wrote in the emailAlso Read BCCI allots window in March 2023 for first ever womens IPLNothing at stakeHe added ldquoIt is humbly submitted that there is nothing for me to attain and nothing of mine was at stake It was the Supreme Court of Indiarsquos verdicts sanctity and compliance which was at stake for which I selflessly without any vested interest combated dayinanddayout since January 4 2016 when Lodha Committee submitted their Lodha reforms report to the Supreme Court of IndialdquoI entered with empty hands on 4th Jan 2016 with sole pure intent of compliance of Supreme Court verdicts and on 20 August 2022 I exit with empty hands only but not without unlimited barbaric perpetual act of insult threat humiliations harassments and atrocities done with me to stop me from noble intent of compliance of Supreme Court verdictsrdquoGupta a former pharmaceutical professional gave up on his prestigious life membership of the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association MPCA in order to wage a lone battle for total compliance of the Supreme Court verdicts He boasted a nearly 100 per cent success rate in getting the verdicts in his favour in complaints filed till nowConflict complaintsGupta has never shied away from filing any complaint irrespective of stature Some of the big personalities against whom he has filed conflict of interest complaints include Sourav Ganguly current BCCI president and former India captain Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman Some of his pending complaints were against Virat Kohli MS Dhoni and Nita Ambani Earlier this month Mumbai Indians owner Ambani was served a notice by the BCCI ombudsman to respond to the conflict of interest complaint over IPL media rightsGupta did not give interviews in the media and did not permit any pictures of his to be published He even managed to escape the media while appearing in a conflict of interest complaint at a fivestar hotel in south MumbaiOften it was construed that Gupta a stickler for rules was anticricketers for filing conflict complaints against them He however advocated for other implementation of the reforms in equal measure Disqualification term tenure cooling off period transparency and financial discipline were among the subjects he often highlighted in his emailsThe BCCI constitution was something he knew thoroughly ldquoI can recite the BCCI Constitution at any time without reading any tinniest piece of papers since it is immense tyaag sacrifice tapasya penance and sadhana dedication for the last six and a half years I stay away from media glamour as they were never my cup of tea I am a very low profile person and will exit this world low profile only sicrdquo Gupta said in one of his emails to the BCCIEfforts to get Gupta to respond to his lsquoretirementrsquo of sorts went in vain