The Indian Express 30.10.2013
BMC okays renaming of Kandivali club
Corporators across party lines approved the Mumbai Cricket
Association’s proposal to name the controversial Kandivali Sports
Complex ‘Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana’ at the BMC general body meeting on
Monday.
The proposal, which came to the BMC on October 23 from MCA
vice-president Ravi Sawant, was tabled in the house by Municipal
Commissioner Sitaram Kunte. It has been cleared by the ruling Shiv
Sena-BJP coalition in record five days.
Mayor Sunil Prabhu (Shiv Sena) said, “The proposal has been
approved in the house without any opposition thus completing the all the
necessary permissions required for naming the plot.”
On October 22, MCA president Sharad Pawar announced the
association’s intention to name the club after Tendulkar. Sena leader
Yashodhar Phanse opposed the decision and said the BMC’s permission was
necessary for renaming the 39,000-sq m plot leased to MCA.
Over the past four months, the Sena and Aam Aadmi Party had
attacked the MCA, alleging irregularities in the use of the plot and
illegal violations of the lease terms. The Sena demanded that the the
plot be returned to the BMC.
