Congress alleges ‘breach of privilege’ as Assam advocate general takes up BCCI, ICC roles
Devajit Saikia rejected the allegation, saying that the Opposition party had not been properly briefed about the ‘office of profit’ law.
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The Assam Congress on Thursday wrote to Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna alleging that the appointment of the state’s Advocate General Devajit Lon Saikia as the acting secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India was a serious breach of privilege by the holder of a constitutional post.
Devajit Saikia has been the advocate general of Assam since May 2021. He was on December 7 appointed the acting secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, where he had been a joint secretary since October 2022.
He was also appointed as a director of the International Cricket Council, the sport’s global governing body based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He will be part of committees on finance and commercial affairs, and human resources and remuneration.
In the letter to the chief justice, Assam’s Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia said on Thursday that Devajit Saikia had been given secretarial powers in India’s apex cricket authority despite him being the advocate general of Assam.
The advocate general has the right to participate in the proceedings of the Legislative Assembly, including in committees of the Legislature, the Assam Congress said. This makes the advocate general an Assembly member without voting rights.
The Leader of Opposition alleged that Devajit Saikia had violated the...
