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Cricket board presents unified show in election
Kolkata, Sept 27: The Cricket Board today presented a unified show with no hint of the bitter power struggle witnessed in the recent past to grab the power at the country`s richest sport body.
Kolkata, Sept 27: The Cricket Board today presented
a unified show with no hint of the bitter power struggle
witnessed in the recent past to grab the power at the
country's richest sport body.
All the office-bearers for the year 2003-04, including
president Jagmohan Dalmiya and secretary S K Nair, were
elected uncontested at the annual general meeting of the board
being held here.
This was in sharp contrast to the power struggle seen in
the board for the last couple of years as Dalmiya had fought a
bitter battle with A C Muthiah two years ago to wrest control
of the cricket body in Chennai.
Last year Niranjan Shah of the rival camp had also given a
tough fight to Nair in the election for the post of secretary.
Expressing happiness after his re-election, Prof Ratnakar
Shetty said, "I'm happy that I have been given the charge of
Joint Secretary, and even happier that there was no election
on this account".
Asked about the Mumbai lobby's lack of representation in the new body, he said "there is nothing like the Mumbai lobby".
Shetty, who is also the Mumbai Cricket Association joint secretary, hinted that the Dalmiya group had met yesterday and decided that S K Nair was to be elected the board's secretary and Jyoti Bajpai the treasurer.
Shetty also had a word of praise for Dalmiya saying that he had done an excellent job "because he has taken up the cause of players."
Former BCCI President Rajsingh Dungarpur, known for his anti-Dalmiya stand, said all elections were unanimous, "but there may be some changes in the selection committee."
He said that in view of Brijesh Patel`s illness a change was required in the selection committee and that some proposal might come from the south zone, particularly from Tamil Nadu, and a decision was likely this evening about the formation of a new selection committee.
On the other hand, Rajiv Shukla, MP and member of the board finance committee, also expressed happiness at the unanimous support to the board president Dalmiya and all executive members for their election. "No individual or association put up any contest against Dalmiya and other contestants elected today," Shukla, an important member of the Dalmiya camp, told reporters here.
Bureau report
Asked about the Mumbai lobby's lack of representation in the new body, he said "there is nothing like the Mumbai lobby".
Shetty, who is also the Mumbai Cricket Association joint secretary, hinted that the Dalmiya group had met yesterday and decided that S K Nair was to be elected the board's secretary and Jyoti Bajpai the treasurer.
Shetty also had a word of praise for Dalmiya saying that he had done an excellent job "because he has taken up the cause of players."
Former BCCI President Rajsingh Dungarpur, known for his anti-Dalmiya stand, said all elections were unanimous, "but there may be some changes in the selection committee."
He said that in view of Brijesh Patel`s illness a change was required in the selection committee and that some proposal might come from the south zone, particularly from Tamil Nadu, and a decision was likely this evening about the formation of a new selection committee.
On the other hand, Rajiv Shukla, MP and member of the board finance committee, also expressed happiness at the unanimous support to the board president Dalmiya and all executive members for their election. "No individual or association put up any contest against Dalmiya and other contestants elected today," Shukla, an important member of the Dalmiya camp, told reporters here.
Bureau report