BCCI ne ek aur committee bana di! Haan, wahi purana khel, jab bhi kuch galat hota hai, ek committee ban jati hai, aur phir sab bhool jate hain. Bengaluru ke M. Chinnaswamy Stadium ke bahar jo stampede hui, jisme 11 logon ki jaan chali gayi, uske baad BCCI ke Apex Council ne Saturday ko meeting ki aur ek naya committee banane ka faisla kiya. Is committee ke sar pe Devajit Saikia honge, aur saath mein hain Prabhtej Singh Bhatia aur Rajeev Shukla. Inka kaam hai 15 din ke andar guidelines banane ka, taki aage aisi ghatnayein na ho. Lekin, sach mein, kya yeh guidelines kuch badal payengi ya bas ek aur kagazi nautanki hai?
Yeh stampede Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) ke IPL jeetne ke jashn ke dauraan hui thi, jab 2.5 lakh se zyada fans apne heroes ko dekhne ke liye stadium ke aaspaas jama ho gaye. RCB ne 18 saal baad IPL jeeta, aur fans ka josh toh banta tha. Lekin yeh josh jab hadd se guzar gaya, toh nateeja sabke saamne hai. Police ke mutabiq, RCB ne bina permission ke free entry passes ka elaan kar diya, jisse bheed behisab ho gayi. Gates band the, security apna kaam kar rahi thi, lekin itni bheed ke saamne koi taiyaari nahi thi. Ek tarah se yeh yaad dilata hai 1987 ke World Cup semi-final ka, jab Eden Gardens mein India-South Africa match ke dauraan bheed ne control kho diya tha. Tab bhi mismanagement ki wajah se chaos hua tha. Aaj bhi wahi kahani dohrai ja rahi hai.
Lekin thodi si ummeed bhi jagti hai. BCCI ka yeh kadam, agar dil se kiya gaya ho, toh shayad kuch behtar kar sakta hai. Socho, agar yeh committee sach mein strict guidelines banaye, jisme crowd control, ticketing, aur safety ke clear rules ho, toh shayad fans apne favorite players ko dekhne ka maza bhi le sakein aur surakshit bhi rahein. Yaad hai 2007 ka T20 World Cup final, jab India ne Pakistan ko haraya tha? Us waqt bhi bheed ka junoon tha, lekin proper management ki wajah se koi bada haadsa nahi hua. Agar BCCI uss tarah ke planning ko har event mein laagu kar sake, toh shayad hum aisi tragedies se bach sakte hain. Devajit Saikia, jo committee ke chairman hain, ek experienced administrator hain, aur unke saath Rajeev Shukla jaise log bhi hain, jo cricket ke duniya mein lambi innings khel chuke hain. Agar yeh log apna experience sahi se istemal karein, toh kuch naye aur effective rules ban sakte hain.
Ek baat jo dil ko chhuti hai, woh hai chhote shehron ya teams ke fans ka junoon. RCB jaise bade teams ke saamne, chhoti teams jaise Rajasthan Royals ya Sunrisers Hyderabad ke fans ka josh bhi toh waisa hi hota hai. Lekin aksar yeh bade franchises aur unke events hi sukhiyon mein rehte hain. Chhote shehron ke fans ka dil bhi toh utna hi bada hota hai, aur unki safety bhi utni hi zaroori hai. Sochiye, jab 2011 ke World Cup mein India ne Sri Lanka ko haraya tha, tab chhote shehron mein bhi log raaton tak sadkon pe jashn mana rahe the. Unke liye bhi toh safety ke utne hi acche intezam hone chahiye, jitne bade shehron ke liye hote hain. BCCI ko yeh sochna hoga ki guidelines sirf bade stadiums ya bade teams ke liye nahi, har jagah ke fans ke liye honi chahiye.
Lekin phir wahi purana sawal ubharta hai – kya yeh committee sach mein kuch karegi ya bas timepass ke liye bani hai? BCCI ka itihas dekhein toh aise committees aksar banaye jate hain, report banta hai, aur phir woh report kahin file mein dhool khati hai. Yaad hai 2000 ka match-fixing scandal? Tab bhi BCCI ne investigation ke liye committee banayi thi, lekin kitna change aaya? Aaj bhi cricket ke duniya mein controversies kam nahi hui. Bengaluru stampede ke baad jo arrests hue, jaise RCB ke marketing head Nikhil Sosale ka, woh bhi toh ab court mein illegal declare ho chuke hain. Toh yeh sawaal toh banta hai ki kya BCCI sach mein apni zimmedari lega ya phir bas dikhawe ke liye committee banakar apna hath jhaad lega?
BCCI ke paas mauka hai apne fans ke liye kuch behtar karne ka, lekin kya woh is mauke ka fayda uthayega? Yeh toh waqt hi batayega. Tab tak, hum fans toh bas yahi ummeed kar sakte hain ki agle jashn mein sirf khushi ho, dukh nahi.
