BCCI approaches Advocate-General for clarity on WADA clause

Mumbai, Aug 13 (PTI) The Board of Control for Cricket in
India (BCCI) has written to Attorney-General of India Goolam E
Vahanvati and former Chief Justice A S Anand to get clarity on
the controversial "whereabouts" clause in WADA'S Anti-Doping
Code that has been opposed by top cricketers.

"We have written to both Vahanvati and former Chief
Justice A S Anand," Finance Committee Chairman Rajiv
Shukla said after the BCCI's Working Committee meeting here
Thursday.

The Board, which has supported the players' stand that
this clause infringes on their privacy, had declared after its
Emergency Working Committee meeting earlier this month that
the right to privacy was a fundamental right enjoyed by every
Indian that cannot be taken away.

However, the Indian Government is a signatory to the
WADA Anti-Doping Code and apparently fresh doubts have cropped
up within the BCCI whether this stand was indeed correct.

"The clause with regards to whereabouts is unreasonable",
BCCI President Shashank Manohar had said after the August 2
meeting of its Working Committee.

According to sources, the BCCI was also trying to get
clarity whether a government agency can force them to include
the clause in the annual contracts it signs with its players.

Eleven cricketers, including captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar, have opposed the clause and have
already missed the July 31 deadline to sign the Code. PTI SSR
DDC
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