Lalit Modi to remain RCA president, BCCI suspension continues

Lalit Modi will continue to remain president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association after RCA vice-president Amin Pathan withdrew his no-confidence motion against Modi and his key aides on Tuesday. The development, however, doesn't change RCA's status quo, and it remains suspended by the BCCI. The BCCI's ad-hoc committee will continue managing cricket in the state.

Modi tweeted soon after the announcement that he "looked forward to making #RCA the best and most forward thinking #cricket #association."

Pathan, who had moved the motion in March, said he withdrew the petition in the "interest of cricket in Rajasthan."

"Cricket had stopped in the districts and players were suffering because of that," Pathan told the Indian Express. "Plus, we couldn't get the required numbers. These guys [the Modi faction] are used to litigation, so they would have stretched it forever. So we decided to withdraw our motion in the interest of cricket."

According to the report, Pathan also withdrew the petition against RCA deputy president and Modi's close confidant Mehmood Abdi, secretary Somendra Tiwary and treasurer Pawan Goyal.

The BCCI suspended the RCA in May 2014 after Modi was declared its president. Modi had been expelled from the board in September 2013.

In October 2014, Pathan, along with his supporters, claimed to have ousted Modi as president. Pathan also announced himself as acting president before initiating a no-confidence motion in February. After that petition was set aside by the Rajasthan High Court, Pathan's faction moved a fresh motion. If the motion had been upheld, it would have forced the RCA to hold fresh elections.

Pathan had previously been a Modi loyalist. The secretary of the Kota District Cricket Association, he had even accompanied Abdi when Modi's nomination papers were filed for the RCA election in November.