The Srinivasan group in the
BCCI seems to have started to come to terms that their main man would not be
able to grab the prestigious post of the president for the second successive
time. They are mulling over the name of other people who can be suitable
candidates from their side for the elections. Sanjay Patel’s name is being
talked about. He is the current secretary of the board and has been overseeing
everything for the past one year since that spot fixing matter popped up and he
has run the affairs pretty well.
The other candidate that
might be there for the consideration is Jagmohan Dalmiya. He is an ex
president. But, he is too old now. BCCI presidency is not easy to handle. You
have got to travel to different places to attend meetings. So, it’s quite
difficult for a person who is over 70 already. Experience is a good thing, but,
still, you have to be active enough to run such a big board. So, Dalmiya might
not get too much of support.
Rajeev Shukla also has healthy
relationships within the board especially within the ruling faction. But, he is
from congress which is an opposition party in the central government and most
of the people ruling the state boards at the moment are from BJP. But, Shukla
is a very powerful political personality and his rapport with Arun Jaitley, the
man whose words carry a lot of weight in the board, is good.
This time the presidential
candidate has to be nominated by the East Zone. At least, two East Zone state
boards must be in favour for a person to stand for the elections. Otherwise,
the candidature can’t be valid. Patel and Shukla would easily get the support
of two boards from the East Zone.
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