Dalmiya wants Arun Jaitley’s nod
24 Jan 2015 11:41 PM GMT
A day after the Supreme Court ruling, the focus has shifted on Jaitely who is expected to advise the BCCI on all the legal matters and and find a way to resolve the issues.But a subtle power game has already started within the BCCI corridors with various groups devising their own strategies and Jaitely, who can influence at least eight votes because of the BJP connection, can threfore play a big role in the upcoming annual general meeting.
Srinivasan declined to comment on the development for the second successive day and it is learnt that the Tamil Nadu strongmen is studying the Supreme Court’s order in detail. While the incumbent president needs a proposer and seconder from the East Zone, whose turn it is to select the president, former ICC and BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya (in pic) has emerged as the favourite with his years of experience along with interim president Shivlal Yadav.
“Jagmohan Dalmiya won’t take a step forward until and unless he gets the nod from Arun Jaitley, who is the most powerful man in BCCI politics. Jaitley will be back from Davos (World Economic Forum) on January 25th. Post his (Jaitley) arrival, Dalmiya will have a detailed discussion with the minister before taking any decision,” a senior BCCI functionary in the know of things said on Friday.
The official, who has seen Dalmiya function for years, said that though Srinivasan has a lot of respect for Dalmiya, one has to understand that he is ageing and therefore an alternate option can’t be ruled out. Dalmiya on his part was non-committal on his stand.
Another man who is a dark horse for the president’s position is current interim president Shivlal Yadav, who has been among Srinivasan’s trusted lieutenants. “Again there is a possibility that Jaitley might convince Dalmiya to support Shivlal’s candidature. Shivlal’s tenure during the past year as interim head has been controversy free. In any case, the Sharad Pawar and Shashank Manohar faction hardly controls four to five votes and if there’s an election, any member from the ruling faction would be a clear favourite,” the official said.
Srinivasan declined to comment on the development for the second successive day and it is learnt that the Tamil Nadu strongmen is studying the Supreme Court’s order in detail. While the incumbent president needs a proposer and seconder from the East Zone, whose turn it is to select the president, former ICC and BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya (in pic) has emerged as the favourite with his years of experience along with interim president Shivlal Yadav.
“Jagmohan Dalmiya won’t take a step forward until and unless he gets the nod from Arun Jaitley, who is the most powerful man in BCCI politics. Jaitley will be back from Davos (World Economic Forum) on January 25th. Post his (Jaitley) arrival, Dalmiya will have a detailed discussion with the minister before taking any decision,” a senior BCCI functionary in the know of things said on Friday.
The official, who has seen Dalmiya function for years, said that though Srinivasan has a lot of respect for Dalmiya, one has to understand that he is ageing and therefore an alternate option can’t be ruled out. Dalmiya on his part was non-committal on his stand.
Another man who is a dark horse for the president’s position is current interim president Shivlal Yadav, who has been among Srinivasan’s trusted lieutenants. “Again there is a possibility that Jaitley might convince Dalmiya to support Shivlal’s candidature. Shivlal’s tenure during the past year as interim head has been controversy free. In any case, the Sharad Pawar and Shashank Manohar faction hardly controls four to five votes and if there’s an election, any member from the ruling faction would be a clear favourite,” the official said.
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