Dalmiya facing some opposition in CAB elections

Jagmohan Dalmiya will be facing some opposition in the Cricket Association of Bengal after a long time. The elections to the post of CAB office bearers will be conducted on July 28. And for once, the opposition has managed to put up a front capable of putting up some fight.

The office bearers to be elected are the president, the joint secretaries, the vice presidents (four in number) and the treasurer. In case the nominations filed for any particular post exceeds the desired number, an election takes place. For the past few years, the panel elected by Dalmiya has always been elected unanimously. This time however, the scene is quite different.

Even though Debdas Bannerjee and Nirmal Mukherjee have filed nominations for the post of joint secretaries, from Dalmiya's panel, an official of the Aryan Club Samar Paul, has decided to contest for the same. This means that there will be three contenders for the two posts of joint secretaries. The total number of representatives in the general body is 121. This includes representation from the first and second division clubs, Districts and Universities. The two who will poll the maximum number of votes will be selected for the post of joint secretaries. This time Paul, who is in the opposition is going all out to secure at least 50 votes that will guarantee his chance of getting one of the two posts.

Similarly, this time, there are five contenders for the post of four vice-presidents and two contenders for the post of treasurer. What is significant is that this time, the person who is contesting against the candidate of the Dalmiya panel, has himself once been a pro-Dalmiya man. The treasurer has always been an uncontested post as far Dalmiya has been concerned. This time, however, Samar Kar has decided to contest against Amitava Bannerjee, who is from the Dalmiya camp.

Inspite of such a scenario, it is almost certain that Dalmiya will have the last laugh as the opposition camp does not have the financial ability to win the elections. However, what is significant is that some kind of opposition has formed against the man who has revolutionized the cricketing world.