The Newshour Debate: Step aside, why not step down?(Part 2 of 5)

Bowing to all-round pressure, N Srinivasan on Sunday (June 2) agreed to "step aside" as BCCI President under a compromise formula that brought back former Chief Jagmohan Dalmiya as head of a four-member "interim arrangement" to run the Board, more than a fortnight after the spot-fixing scandal rocked cricketing world. In a decision in which the pro-Sharad Pawar group appeared to have suffered a dent, the Working Committee of the Board decided that Dalmiya will conduct its day-to-day affairs after Srinivasan announced that he will not discharge his duties as the President till such time the probe is completed. Contrary to widespread perception that N Srinivasan could be shown the door, none of those who attended the BCCI Working Committee meeting demanded his resignation though I S Bindra claimed he did. BCCI President N Srinivasan remained a combative man after the Board's Emergent Working Committee meeting, insisting that not a single member asked him to resign during the "smooth" discussion in Chennai.

In a debate moderated by TIMES NOW's Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami, panelists -- V. Krishnaswamy, Senior Sports Writer & Commentator; Nilay Dutta, Member, legal & Finance Committee, BCCI; Yajurvindra Singh, Former Indian Cricketer; Rahul Mehra, Lawyer, Supreme Court; Suhel Seth, Managing Partner Counselage and Harendra Singh, Former India Hockey Coach -- discuss whether it is necessary to give a kidglove treatment to Srinivasan and if the board collectively had asked him to resign, would he have had an option but to quit.