da roleta: The Sri Lankan Sports Minister Laksmann Kiriella has been forced to abandonplans to appoint a new National Development Committee following protestsfrom the Interim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka(BCCSL)
da betway: CricInfo08-Aug-2001The Sri Lankan Sports Minister Laksmann Kiriella has been forced to abandonplans to appoint a new National Development Committee following protestsfrom the Interim Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka(BCCSL).Last week the Minister had unilaterally appointed Jayantha Dharmadsa,brother of Upali Dharmadasa, and Ana Punchihewa, a former BCCSL President,among others, into an existing BCCSL development committee headed by SidathWettimuny and had recommended the setting up of a seperate infrastructurecommittee that was to focus on facilities in outstation areasAccording to a report in the Daily Mirror today the Interim Committee,headed by Vijaya Malalsekera, was vehmently opposed to the changes, arguingthat the original Sidath Wettimuny headed development committee wasadequately addressing the developmental and infrastructure needs ofoutstation areas.The Daily Mirror report said that the Sports Minister backed down this weekwhen the Interim Committee considered resigning en masse and the PresidentChandrika Kumaratunga voiced concerns over the Kiriella’s intervention. Theoriginal Wettimuny headed committee has now been restored.






