December 7, 2024
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Sourav Ganguly officially the BCCI President

Sourav Ganguly, the former cricketer took over as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday.

Ganguly was elected as the president during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) which is being conducted at the BCCI headquarters. Ganguly was the only candidate to file his nomination for the post and was elected unopposed. BCCI on their official twitter account tweeted that “It’s official – @SGanguly99 formally elected as the President of BCCI”.

Diana Edulji, the member Committee of Administrators (CoA) during her arrival at the BCCI headquarters, told reporters: “I am very happy that a cricketer is going to be the president and I hope he takes it forward to great heights.” Also, today is the last day of the CoA in the office. The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that the possession of the CoA for the BCCI administration will end after the election of new office bearers.

A bench of the Apex Court, headed by Justice S A Bobde, directed that no proceedings would be initiated against the CoA without prior permission from it. Once the BCCI elections get over, the CoA will be handing over the charge to the new body. Gujarat Cricket Association’s Jay Shah, son of Home Minister Amit Shah, has filed nomination for the post of secretary, as revealed by N Gopalaswami, Officer, BCCI Electoral .

For the post of vice-president, Mahim Verma (Cricket Association of Uttarakhand) has put forward his name, while for the post of Joint-Secretary Jayesh George (Kerela Cricket Association) has filed nomination. Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association’s Arun Singh Dhumal, brother of central minister Anurag Thakur, has filed nomination for the post of Treasurer.

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