The Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI, might be the richest and the most powerful board in the world, but it is not without its controversies. As the BCCI lifts its ban of the Rajasthan Cricket Association on the condition that former Indian Premier League chairman, Lalit Modi, will be barred from taking part in its activities.

This has obviously caused a stir as Lalit Modi wasn’t one bit pleased with the decision, taking to Twitter his disgruntlement. He wrote in his tweet that the “crooks” in BCCI are “afraid” of his name and that they are “clowns” who “haven’t worked a single day in their life.”

“Wow ??. Amazing. Not been in india for 7 Years. But the #Crook’s in @BCCI @IPL are even afraid of my name. Clowns just living off what I created for india.Good luck to these jokers who never did a days work in their life except live off what others created,” Modi tweeted on Monday evening.

This doesn’t come as much of a surprise as Modi was disgraced by the BCCI after being found guilty of 22 charges that he committed during his tenure as the chairman of the IPL. He was found guilty of money laundering, rigging of bids, selling broadcast rights illegally, selling shares of franchises to his family members and so on.

The rift between the two parties isn’t new as Modi and BCCI have shared animosity ever since their split in April 24, 2010 – just a day after the final of that year’s tournament. Such was the extent of their hostility that the BCCI banned the RCA when they elected Lalit Modi as the president and then took matters in their own hands when it came to looking after the things that RCA did prior to their suspension.

RCA filed a lawsuit against BCCI over the suspension, after which the BCCI asked the board to withdraw all the cases. And after a lot of consideration, the BCCI have finally lifted the ban, but with the condition that Modi can’t handle its affairs.