Only a proper State should be a full member of BCCI

The expulsion of the Bihar Cricket Association and its replacement by the Jharkhand Cricket Association as a full member of the BCCI, has left a poor taste in the mouth. The BCA — that in its time has produced some fine cricketers — has been reduced to a footnote in Indian cricket history. Does the BCCI intend to delete the fact from its records that Bihar reached the Ranji Trophy final in 1975-76 under the captaincy of Daljit Singh, now the curator at Mohali? What was wrong if the BCA had been allowed to continue as a full member as also Jharkhand brought in? Clearly the present BCCI officials were not sure of which side the BCA would vote.