Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday formed a two-member committee to probe into alleged irregularities in Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA). The decision comes in the wake of DDCA officials seeking state government help to stage the fourth Test between India and South Africa at Feroz Shah Kotla on December 3.
A senior government official said that the committee consists of secretaries of Urban Development and Sports departments.
“The two-member committee has been asked to submit its report to the Chief Minister by Saturday,” the official said.
Meanwhile, cricketer Gautam Gambhir today met the Chief Minister and is understood to have discussed the issue.
Veteran cricketer Bishan Singh Bedi had recently met Kejriwal over DDCA issues.
Former India opener and Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) vice president Chetan Chauhan on Wednesday said the association will appeal to the Delhi CM for a “re-assessment of the entertainment tax” of Rs 24 crore levied by the Delhi government. Chauhan claimed that the tax department has levied the entertainment tax for the period between 2008 to 2012 during which they were “granted exemption”.
“We don’t agree with the amount as this is an exorbitant amount levied on us. We had been exempted from entertainment tax during that period and now we see that those exemption years have also been included,” Chauhan had told PTI on Wednesday.
(With inputs from PTI)