Tapan Lodh ‘disqualified’ as Tripura Cricket Association president for holding workplace of revenue

Tapan Lodh has been ‘disqualified’ because the president of Tripura Cricket Association (TCA) for holding an workplace of revenue, an official claimed on Friday.

Lodh is a councillor of Agartala Municipal Corporation.

“A meeting of the TCA apex council was held on July 19 in which it was found that Tapan Lodh, the president of TCA holds the office of Councillor of Agartala Municipal Corporation. Therefore, all apex council members have unanimously decided that as per the constitution of the state’s cricketing body, Tapan Lodh is automatically disqualified (on the office of profit ground) to hold the chair of TCA president”, TCA vp Timir Chanda advised PTI.

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He claimed the TCA officers had been directed to comply with up the decision by speaking the choice of the assembly and to take away Lodh’s nameplate from the workplace of the TCA president.

Tapas Ghosh, the secretary of TCA, claimed the apex council has mandated that Chanda, the vice-president of TCA, will do the duties of the president until the election of a brand new president.

Under the structure of the TCA, election needs to be taken up inside six months in case of any apex council member’s resignation or disqualification, he added.

Responding to his disqualification, Lodh stated the apex council can’t take away or disqualify him on the bottom of workplace of revenue.

“I am a nominated Councillor of Agartala Municipal Corporation. I don’t take any financial benefits from AMC. More so, following an appeal from the BCCI, the Supreme Court has allowed it to delete ‘public office’ from the list of offices of profit. They know little about the latest term of office of profit and their decision is completely illegal and unlawful”, he stated.