IPL: We are ready for any eventuality, says Modi

New Delhi/Mumbai: With barely 20 days to go, the troubled Indian Premier League was dealt a severe jolt with Maharashtra Police calling for its postponement, saying providing security for both IPL matches and the elections will put extra strain on the forces.

Maharashtra's DG (Elections) Suprabhat Chakravarty said that his forces would be busy with election duty and suggested that the league be put off till after the elections.

"There is no point in putting extra strain on policemen. They are already busy due to elections. Even if there is no election at the venue where the IPL is being held, those people would be very busy with bandobast duty. It is a very strenuous duty," he said.

"So, where is the need to put extra strain. I mean, it can always be held after April 30 when the Maharashtra polling is over. Election period will be still on but will be a little better off. Give it a couple of days' gap and then hold it. That is my personal view," he added.

Multiple schedules ready for multiple possibilities: Modi

Confident of staging the second edition of the high-profile Indian Premier League, its Commissioner Lalit Modi said the organisers were ready with ‘multiple schedules for multiple possibilities’ and was just awaiting the government's clearance before releasing it.

"Why don't we wait for the official comment from the Government. We already have multiple schedules for multiple possibilities, as and when the Government decides we will put out the schedule. We are ready for any eventuality," he said at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai.

Modi said there was a lot of media fiction in last few days and it would not be proper to make any comment at this moment.

"Let's not pre-empt anything. It won't be right to pre-guess anything now. There is a lot of fiction there in the media, let us wait for the official word from the government," he said.