{"id":119669,"date":"2021-02-16T19:14:41","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T13:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=119669"},"modified":"2021-02-17T11:26:41","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T05:56:41","slug":"cau-uttarakhand-cm-wasim-jaffer-resignation-religious-bias-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/politics\/cau-uttarakhand-cm-wasim-jaffer-resignation-religious-bias-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Uttarakhand CM orders probe into Wasim Jaffer’s resignation amid religious bias allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday ordered a probe into the controversy surrounding the resignation of Wasim Jaffer as the head coach of the state’s senior men’s cricket team. The CM officials said the probe was ordered after a delegation of Cricket Association of Uttarakhand met the chief minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The move comes a day after a delegation of the Cricket Association of Uttarakhand officials met Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat. The CAU delegation comprised the association\u2019s Vice-president Sanjay Rawat, Treasurer Prithvi Singh Negi, joint secretary Avnish Verma and member Rohit Chauhan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The CAU secretary Mahim Verma told the reporters that there are no religious overtones in the matter of the resignation of Wasim Jaffer from the post of the head coach. He said Jaffer\u2019s resignation came purely due to cricketing differences over choice of players in the squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Darshan Singh Rawat, the media coordinator of CM, said Uttarakhand Chief Minister had met Cricket Association of Uttarakhand officials, who apprised him of the matter, on Saturday evening at his residence. After listening to them, he ordered an inquiry in the matter but did not reveal who would conduct the inquiry. Once the inquiry report comes, he would take the required action, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A controversy had erupted after Jaffer resigned as the head coach of the state’s senior men’s cricket team on February 8 over charges of religious bias in the player\u2019s selection process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n