After the Supreme Court of India set aside core recommendations of the Justice RM Lodha committee regarding the administration of the Indian cricket board, Lodha has expressed his disappointment over the development.

The Indian court accepted the reservations of the Indian board on key issues, including granting voting rights to established state units and relaxing the cooling off period for officials for election to key posts.

“I will not say that I am shocked but I’m surely disappointed,” Lodha was quoted as saying by ANI news agency.

“These were two fundamental recommendations made by us in our report and it would have introduced good reforms in administration, management and governance. They have diluted the reforms which had all been accepted by Supreme Court (in 2016).”

He said that the motive of his panel was to put an end to the monopoly of office bearers.

“Unless they are removed there won’t be space for newcomers. Our reforms were aimed to stop these officials from building their kingdom for six years,” Lodha added.

“Such reforms were needed to lay a strong foundation. We had worked very hard, spoken to so many stakeholders connected with the game. It had been a really long and comprehensive exercise.”

According to the new amendments made in BCCI’s constitution, office bearers will now be allowed to serve two consecutive terms instead of one. Apart from that, the Supreme Court set aside the ‘one state one vote’ policy. The court thus granted full membership to Mumbai Cricket Association, Vidarbha, and Railways among other bodies.