Anurag Thakur said the BCCI was expected to pick former supremo Shashank Manohar as its new chief at a special meeting on Sunday.
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“Shashank Manohar is our consensus candidate“, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur said in the Capital on Tuesday, adding that the scrutiny of nominations is scheduled for October 3.
Indian board to meet over the weekend to elect new president.
The latest developments may just deal a final blow to Tamil Nadu strongman whose influence in the board has diminished since the last election.
Srinivasan, with his plea, has charged the Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI) secretary of perjury saying he filed “false affidavit” with “plethora of misleading statements”, referring to the application earlier moved by the BCCI regarding conflict of interest issue. Jagmohan Dalmiya’s demise left the post vacant.
Srinivasan also claimed that there are no minutes of the meeting recorded. When The Tribune contacted Srinivasan, he refused to comment on Thakur’s revelation about Manohar today.
The question posed for clarification is whether having been barred from contesting election on account of his being in conflict of interest situation also excluded Srinivasan from attending the cricket board’s meetings.
“All the members of the East Zone have agreed to propose Manohar for the president’s post”, Shirke said.
The petition had sought a reconsideration of court’s verdict contending that court cannot interfere with the internal matters of BCCI and public policy can’t be imposed on BCCI which is a private body. [NDTV]. “Only a strong person with an impeccable image can take BCCI out of this ongoing mess”, a top official said. That’s why the names of IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla and Jharkhand Cricket Association (JCA) president Amitabh Chaudhary were floated to create a confusion amongst three different lobbies controlling 29 votes (30 in total, but Rajasthan is suspended).
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Unlike the politicians and businessmen who have, over the years entered cricket administration, Manohar, who turned 58 on Tuesday, comes from a family of lawyers. From a position of kingmaker, Srinivasan, the serving ICC president, is now finding himself completely isolated. For now, though, it seems Manohar is coming back for the second innings.
