PIL says ban ministers heading sports bodies

The petition also seeks a directive to the ministers to relinquish either the offices of ministers or their managerial positions in sports organisations while the case is pending before the court. The petitioners contend that Central and state ministers who are full-time public servants,have,for decades,headed sports,education,health and cultural organisations compromising on their duty of public administration. SJF lawyer Pradeep Havnur said the PIL was likely to be heard by a division bench on April 19.

Pawar,SFJ states,has failed to manage his agriculture ministry due to his heading three premier cricket bodies. He has failed in balance crop planning in the country,resulting in excess or inadequate harvesting of variety of crops like vegetables,onions,garlic,grains,pulses,groundnuts,cotton and so on. The NGO also says Patel,former minister for civil aviation,was responsible for Air Indias debt increasing from Rs 10,000 crore to Rs 40,000 crore during his tenure.

The petition states that the defeat of cricketer Dilip Vengsarkar in election to the post of Mumbai Cricket Associations president by Deshmukh was unfortunate as Pawar,the outgoing MCA president,and Deshmukh had ganged up against Vengsarkar.

The NGO has also urged the court to call for attendance records of these ministers.