Jagmohan Dalmiya set to head BCCI

Jagmohan Dalmiya set to head BCCI
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Jagmohan Dalmiya set to head BCCI, Veteran administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya has emerged as a consensus candidate for the post of president in the BCCI elections to be held on Monday.

Veteran administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya has emerged as a consensus candidate for the post of president in the BCCI elections to be held on Monday.

Dalmiya, the president of Cricket Association of Bengal, controls two votes from East Zone and has emerged as a candidate for the top post since no other name was unanimously acceptable to all the units loyal to Srinivasan in the run up after the India Cements chiefs dilemma . following Supreme court sanctions .

Dalmiya, filed his nomination papers with support from his own association, the National Cricket Club in Kolkata and the four other east zone associations. The deadline for filing nominations for the election is 3 pm on March 1.

Ahead of the much-awaited Annual General Meeting (AGM at Kolkatta the Srinivasan camp followers, have not decided the other panel members as yet. It is the turn of East Zone to nominate a president and it is still not clear whether the rival faction has been able to break any of the six East Zone units who have traditionally been loyal to Srinivasan.

Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar, who has been projected as possible candidate for the president's post, flew into the city on Saturday and was closeted in a meeting with his supporters. Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar has also arrived for the AGM. It is still not clear whether Pawar will contest the elections. He is likely to plunge into the fray only if his group can cobble up enough numbers to win the polls.

Dalmiya was made interim chief of the BCCI after Srinivasan stepped aside from the post in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal. . Dalmiya had held the post for . The 74-year-old Dalmiya has previously served as BCCI head from 2001 to 2004. He was ICC president from 1997 for a three-year term.

Dalmiya was also expelled from BCCI for life and removed from all posts, in 2006 on charges of financial irregularities but was exonerated by the court in 2007. Following that, he returned to head the CAB in 2008.He had joined BCCI in 1979 and served as its treasurer in 1983. He played a big part in getting the rights of hosting 1987 and 1996 World Cups in Asia.

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