BCCI asks Committee of Administrators to sanction Rs 5 crore for martyrs of Pulwama attack
India TodayBCCI acting president C.K. Khanna on Sunday appealed to the Committee of Administrators chief Vinod Rai to sanction at least Rs 5 crore for the families of the Indian soldiers martyred in the Pulwama terror attack. "I request the Committee of Administrators that BCCI should contribute at least Rs 5 crore through the appropriate government agencies to the families of the martyred soldiers," the acting president further wrote. "I am also going to request the State associations and the respective Indian Premier League franchise owners to consider making contributions." "As a mark of respect to the Central Reserve Force personnel martyred in the terror attack, we should observe a two-minute silence during the first match of the India vs Australia series starting February 24, and during the opening ceremony/inaugural match of the Indian Premier League starting March 23," he wrote.
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