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Title: Regarding match fixing in cricket. 12.05 hrs. STATEMENT BY MINISTER *m01 THE MINISTER OF URBAN EMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SUKHDEV SINGH DHINDSA): Mr. Deputy-Speaker, Sir, the Government is seriously alarmed by the recent revelations regarding match fixing in cricket specially in the context of the recently concluded series between India and South Africa. The Delhi Police, on the basis of information in its possession, has lodged FIR No. 111/2000 in this connection against Mr. Hansie Cronje and others. Keeping in view these developments, the Department of Sports summoned all the concerned agencies and officials to get an insight into the various facts of this particular case. The case is under investigation and the full dimension of this problem will only be apparent once the detailed investigation gets completed. However, the Department is keeping a watch on developments in this case on a regular basis. This investigation will require full support of the persons and agencies concerned. The Board of Control for Cricket in India has assured that it will extend its complete co-operation in this regard so that the culprits could be discovered. They are also agreeable to making the Chandrachud Report public. Other than the specific FIR registered by the Delhi Police, the Government does not, at this stage, have any specific complaint against particular Indian cricketers or office-bearers of the Board of Control for Cricket in India. Allegations of a general nature are, however, being reported in the media. Nevertheless, the Government will, in all seriousness, initiate necessary legal measures against practices of match fixing on the basis of specific complaints that may be received, after appropriate inquiry and necessary investigation. The Government will take recourse to all legal measures to ensure that this menace is not only curbed but eliminated. It will not hesitate to order detailed investigation by any agency of the Government depending upon the gravity of the charges and allegations. Persons having specific information regarding malpractices should come forward with such information and they shall be provided adequate protection as required. Sir, I also wish to inform the House that I have called a meeting with the office-bearers of the BCCI and other distinguished cricketers and sports administrators on 27th April, 2000. The meeting will discuss the current state of affairs in cricket and measures that need to be adopted to achieve higher standards in the game. In this regard, the cricketing fraternity also has a critical role to play which it must discharge. I also place a copy of the Report submitted by Mr. Justice Y.V. Chandrachud to the BCCI, on the Table of the House. (Placed in Library. See No. LT 1651/2000) MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Hon. Members, Sarvashri Kamal Nath, Kirit Sommaiya, Vilas Muttamwar, Shrimati Shyama Singh, Sarvashri Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi, Ajoy Chakraborty and Vijay Goel Members of this House have given notices of their intention to call the attention of the Minister to the situation arising out of the alleged reports of match fixing racket involving South African players and Indian businessmen. ...(Interruptions) SHRI KIRTI JHA AZAD (DARBHANGA): Sir, I have also given a notice on the same subject....(Interruptions) MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Since, the Minister of Sports gave notice of making suo motu statement on the subject under Rule 372, the notices of Members for Calling Attention have not been allowed. Normally, it is not our practice to permit clarifications on the statement of the Minister. However, as a special case, the Members who have given notices of Calling Attention on the subject will be allowed to seek one clarification each from the Minister after he has made his statement. Now, Shri Kamal Nath. SHRI KIRTI JHA AZAD : Sir, I had also given a notice to speak on the same subject but my name has not been mentioned by you. I gave it, in fact, on the first day itself. MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: I have mentioned the names only about the Calling Attention notices. ...(Interruptions) MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Shri E. Ahamed, please do not deviate now from the rule. ...(Interruptions) SHRI E. AHAMED (MANJERI): If the hon. Minister is agreeable to a Calling Attention Motion...(Interruptions) MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Shri E. Ahamed, please sit down. Let me conduct the House. SHRI KAMAL NATH (CHHINDWARA): Sir, I am surprised at the Minister's statement. He is saying that no complaint has been lodged. Was the racket unearthed by the Delhi Police on the basis of a complaint? You cannot expect results if your intention is to get to the bottom of this that. You are going to wait for somebody to come and make a complaint. We have been asking that there should be an investigation. What has come out in the last couple of days? Charges are being made. Yesterday there was a press conference and a high official of the Cricket Control Board has made some serious charges on the ICC. This is not merely a matter which is confined to a match between India and South Africa. It has ramifications across our borders. The names of Sharjah and other countries are being mentioned. The names of players from Pakistan are also being mentioned. All kinds of investigating agencies have been involved. We are being told that the DRI, the Bombay Police and the Delhi Police are looking into this matter. The hon. Minister has said that South African Cricket Control Board and the South Africa Police are also looking into this matter. So, this is not a matter which is confined to Delhi Police alone. This is the first point that I want to make. The second point is, it is not like saying "Please give me a specific complaint. Please show me evidence on the video. Please sign an affidavit or please lodge a FIR." It is a question of investigation and it is because of an investigation that the Delhi Police were able to unearth this racket. That itself constitutes a necessity for a ruthless investigation. Big and prominent names are being mentioned. Some very eminent cricketers' names are being mentioned. We do not want eminent cricketers to have a slur against them. They must either be made to come out clean or we must get to the bottom of this investigation. Similarly, other names are being mentioned as bookies. Their names are being mentioned as underworld dons. Thus this is not a matter confined to a match between India and South Africa. The point I want to make is that it crosses various borders. MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Now you can come to your point. SHRI KAMAL NATH : Let me say all this. Otherwise, he will not understand. MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER: Please seek your clarification now. SHRI KAMAL NATH : I have heard the hon. Minister and now let me say what I want to say. Yesterday when you were in the Chair, I said that this warrants a CBI inquiry. The hon. Minister says that he has called various agencies. Is he the co-ordinating agency? Has he become the co-ordinating nodal point to deal with the Bombay Police, the CBI and the DRI? This is a matter of a specialised agency and Members on the other side and Members from here should ask for a CBI inquiry. I want to know from the hon. Minister whether he agrees with the sense of this House if so does it not appear that the Government in a way is either trying not to give importance or the Government is trying to cover up this matter? You yourself are saying that there are many agencies involved. And when you yourself are calling meetings, why does not the hon. Minister simply request the appropriate Ministry that this investigation should be taken over by the CBI? 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Colleague Shri Kamal Nath. There is a racket throughout the country. It involves the prestige of the country. ...(Interruptions) The luxurious life style of the cricketers appear in the Press. ...(Interruptions) The other day the hon.