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Turf war erupts over sports Bill

A day after a sharply-divided Union Cabinet failed to clear the National Sports Development Bill, it’s an all out war over the issue. Sports Minister Ajay Maken on Wednesday directly attacked the all powerful and cash-rich Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for refusing to come under the RTI Act. Maken’s argument was that since the board got tax exemptions and land it needed to be accountable to the people.

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