Veteran cricket administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya is set to return as BCCI president after a decade, as he emerges as a consensus candidate from N Srinivasan’s camp.
Dalmiya’s road to the post was cleared after another former BCCI president failed to gather support from east zone, which made him pull out from the race ahead of the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday. According to sources, the present secretary Sanjay Patel will retain his post unless he faces tough contest fromAnurag Thakur – a Pawar loyalist.
Dalmiya, President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), controls two votes from East Zone and had on Saturday emerged as a front-runner for the top post since no other name was unanimously acceptable to all the units loyal to Srinivasan. Dalmiya’s bid got a boost on Sunday after Pawar failed to get any proposer from the east zone, whose turn it is to nominate the president.
All the six state units from the east zone owed allegiance to the Srinivasan camp as his loyalists met here on Sunday ahead of the AGM.
“Since this is the turn of east zone Dalmiya has both the proposer and seconder from east. The nomination was today at 3pm,” BCCI sources told PTI.
In the event of elections, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association chief Thakur will be the candidate for secretary’s post from the Pawar camp, while Goa’s Chetan Desai was the man chosen to take on Bihar Cricket Association’s Amitabha Choudhary from the Srinivasan group for the post of joint secretary.
Haryana’s Anirudh Choudhary will be the treasurer. From the Srinivasan camp, nominees for the five vice presidents are CK Khanna (North), Gangaraju (South), Goutam Roy (East), Mathews (West), while the central zone nominee has not been decided yet.
Maratha strongman Pawar, who was projected as possible candidate for the president’s post, flew into the city yesterday and was closeted in a meeting with his supporters. Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar also arrived here for the AGM.
The vice-presidential candidates from the Pawar camp are Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ravi Sawant and MP Pandove. Dalmiya’s elevation to the position has been necessitated by Srinivasan being forced to stay away from the election owing to a Supreme Court directive. Srinivasan can only vote during Sunday’s electoral process.
In fact, the AGM itself has been delayed for a while now owing to legal battle that Srinivasan is fighting in the top court. The apex court is currently hearing the IPL spot-fixing scandal in which conflict of interest with regards to Srinivasan’s position as BCCI president and IPL team owner has come in for sharp criticism from court.
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Jagmohan Dalmiya set to return as BCCI president
