Kapil Dev recently resigned from his position as chief of Cricket Advisory Committee.
Kapil Dev was recently sent a notice by BCCI ethics officer after complaints of potential conflict of interest against him before the former India captain resigned from his position as the chief of the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC).
The three-member panel further included former India batsman Anshuman Gaekwad and women's team captain Shantha Rangaswamy but is now controversially disbanded.
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Now, the legendary all-rounder has basically hit back at the board and supreme court-appointed Committee of Administrators for not handling the situation regarding conflict of interest better in a cricketing environment.
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"What is conflict," he asked at an event. "Conflict is when you have a permanent job. If you are on payroll, it can be a conflict. If you are called for a particular meeting, if you are doing an honorary job for one meeting, it can't be a conflict."
Several other big names of Indian cricket have been served conflict of interest notices for holding multiple roles in the system.
In Kapil's case, the 1983 World Cup-winning skipper received the notice as it was believed he is conflicted in his current role for also holding directorship position with Indian Cricketers Association (ICA) and running a floodlight business which provides lighting to some leading Test centres.
Kapil, as part of CAC, played a key role in reinstating India head coach Ravi Shastri in his position for another two-year stint until 2021.
When asked whether the conflict of interest law is discouraging the involvement of some of the greats like Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman, Kapil said: "You have to ask this to (those) who send these notices. Some people are always negative in life, they don’t want to do any positive work, so good for them."
(Inputs from India Today)