Legislators demand two tickets each for final

Congress MLC Subhash Chavan questioned why legislators were being denied passes for the finals. Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs Padmakar Valvi said the government had received 250 passes each for the two league matches held at Wankhede. Valvi said the Sports and Revenue Department had sent their request for passes to the match organisers who have told the government that a decision on tickets and complimentary passes will be taken soon.

When Davkhare was announcing his directive to the Sports Ministry to ensure that each member gets one pass,members demanded that they should be given two tickets each.

BJP’s Legislative Council Member Vinod Tawde said all legislators may not be able to get passes on their own. “I am going to watch the match in Mohali. If India reaches the final,I will go to Wankhede or else I will give the ticket it to someone in my constituency,” said Tawde.

Meanwhile,over a month after Mayor Shraddha Jadhav demanded free tickets,Mumbai Cricket Association officials said the tickets had been provided,though not as many as she had demanded. According to an MCA official,the Mayor,municipal commissioner and the BMC fire department have got six tickets each.

“Other tickets to corporators and senior officials based on the quota have also been given. We cannot reveal the total number of tickets given to the BMC,” said an MCA official.