Modi ready with 1,000-page reply

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New Delhi, May 8: Suspended IPL chairman Lalit Modi has prepared a “1,000-page document” to reply on Monday to the first of the two showcause notices issues by the Board of Control for Cricket in India.

Mr Modi handed over all the relevant IPL documents to the BCCI, as demanded by board president Shashank Manohar. The documents, original as well as notarised copies, included all franchisee agreements, global media rights agreements, global media rights packages, all bid documents, media rights licensee agreements, eligibility letters of all bidders with details and all sponsorship agreements entered into by IPL, the sources said.
He brushed aside allegations of planning a parallel T20 league in England and felt there was nothing surprising in being branded “public enemy No. 1”. “It’s a part of life. I have been public enemy number one for the BCCI for a long time now,” Mr Modi told reporters here on Saturday. “I won’t react to it, the world has reacted to it on the basis of which the notice has been served. I still have 15 days to respond to it. We all know what it is,” he added.
Mr Modi was in New Delhi to consult his lawyer, Mr Harish Salve, for a reply to the first showcause notice. The suspended IPL chairman remained defiant in front of the media. “I have not gone anywhere. I have only been suspended and that’s about it,” he said. n More on Page 10

Age Correspondent