Narayanaswamy Srinivasan re-elected unopposed as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for a third year at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) here Sunday alongwith all other office bearers defying all criticism.
But he will not take charge till final verdicts of Supreme Court come out as a case is filed against him by Cricket Association of Bihar secretary Aditya Verma. Cricket Association of Bihar is unrecognised association by BCCI.
Srinivasan's company India Cements owns Chennai Super Kings.
Srinivasan was the lone Presidential candidate from the South Zone. Besides Srinivasan, other top office-bearers were also elected unopposed in the first half of the AGM.
However, BJP leader Arun Jaitley, gave up the vice-President's position due to his political commitments. He as replaced by his Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) colleague Sneh Bansal.
Sudhir Dabir, vice President from the central zone and his west zone colleague Niranjan Shah were removed from their positions, Ravi Savant (west) and Rajiv Shukla (central) were brought in.
Haryana Cricket Association chief Anirudh Chaudhary was elected as Treasurer, a post which was to become vacant after Savant was formally made vice-President.
Srinivasan is facing criticism on the issue of propriety after his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings Team Principal Gurunath Meiyappan was charge-sheeted in the IPL betting and spot-fixing scandal.
Himachal's Anurag Thakur will continue as joint secretary.
BCCI Sources said that if the case in the Supreme Court lingers on, former president Jagmohan Dalmiya may continue as the officiating chief.
Dalmiya took over after Srinivasan stepped aside after the IPL spot-fixing and the betting scandal broke out.
The new office-bearers:
Vice Presidents:
Out: Arun Jaitley (Delhi) Niranjan Shah (Saurashtra) Sudhir Dabir (Vidarbha)
In: Sneh Bansal (DDCA), Rajiv Shukla (UP) and Ravi Savant (Mumbai)
Retained: Chitrak Mitra (Bengal), Shivlal Yadav (Hyderabad)
Honorary Secretary: Sanjay Patel (Baroda)
Treasurer: Anirudh Chaudhary (Haryana Cricket Association)
Joint Secretary: Anurag Thakur (Himachal)
--With Agencies Inputs--
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