N Srinivasan under siege: BJP, Sharad Pawar, Jagmohan Dalmiya unite

[G_B_]

With Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar offering unconditional support to the BJP government in Maharashtra, the new-found BJP-NCP bonhomie may extend to ending the N Srinivasan regime in the BCCI, a highly-placed source said. There is a strong possibility of Cricket Association of Bengal president Jagmohan Dalmiya and Sharad Pawar, president of the Mumbai Cricket Association, joining hands to ensure that Srinivasan is booted out of the BCCI. In this regard, Cricket Association of Bihar secretary Aditya Verma, who is a petitioner in the case against Srinivasan, met Pawar in Mumbai on Friday and urged him to "show the way out of the mess in cricket". "This is the right time for Pawar sahab to take us out of this mess and make the BCCI corruption-free. He is the only one who can bring this rule of corruption to an end. With Dalmiya promising to join hands, the numbers are clearly on our side," the source said. What is of interest is that BJP president Amit Shah is the president of the Gujarat Cricket Association and if he backs the move, other BJP leaders like Anurag Thakur of Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association and Arun Jaitley of Delhi and District Cricket Association, both part of the Srinivasan camp, might be forced to shift sides. "In the current scenario, BJP's own members in the BCCI and three government-controlled three votes — Railways, Services and All India Universities — are enough to tilt the balance of power," explained a senior West Zone BCCI official. Going by the numbers game, the anti-Srinivasan camp may not find it difficult to gain the majority if Pawar, Dalmiya and the BJP join hands. In this scenario, the Srinivasan camp may be able to muster only seven votes out of 30. On the other hand, the Pawar-Dalmiya-BJP camp will gain 18 votes. There are five fence-sitters. The AGM is scheduled for November. Of the 30 BCCI members, the Pawar camp has complete support of five Central Zone members with Rajasthan, Vidarbha, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Railways on its side. He enjoys absolute support in the West Zone too, with Mumbai, Maharashtra, Saurashtra, Gujarat, Baroda. It remains to be seen which way the Cricket Club of India goes. The Srinivasan camp has a clear advantage in South Zone where four state associations — Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Hyderabad and Kerala — are on his side. While Goa (BJP government) and Andhra (BJP MP Gokaraju Ganga Raju is president) are certain to back Pawar. Going by past record, only government-controlled services, universities and Farooq Abdullah's Jammu & Kashmir are likely to vote for Pawar from the North. But in the emerging scenario, Delhi strongman Jaitley's proxy, Sneh Bansal, and Himachal Pradesh's Anurag Thakur will be forced to toe the party line. For the record, they are Srinivasan loyalists. Dalmiya has the CAB and NCC votes in his pocket. If Srinivasan can count on Orissa and Assam, then a last-minute shift of Jharkhand and Tripura cannot be ruled out in favour of the Pawar camp. Jharkhand's Amitabh Chaudhary, another Srinivasan supporter, is seeking a BJP ticket for the upcoming Assembly polls. So it is unlikely that he will go against the party's diktat.

http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report-n-srinivasan-under-siege-bjp-sharad-pawar-jagmohan-dalmiya-unite-2031086

[G_B_]

now i know why Sharad Pawar was so keen to offer the BJP Wankhede for free for the CM ioath swearing ceremony. Pawar remains scum of the earth. But a shrewd man he remains....

[skindia]

Lohe ko loha katata hain,pawar would dump srini

[kosingh]

Better Srini than pawar.

[bowl_out]

Pawar to make BCCI corrupt-free is laughable. The only way for Indian cricket to be corrupt-free if it is managed by an independent body headed by ex-cricketers. Politics integrated with cricket has caused the big mess that Indian cricket is finding itself in.

[Lannister]

Rather srini than that cro0k pawar. Atleast with srini others will fear him.

[gattaca]

Srini better than pawar. Srini thinks about indian cricketers unlike pawar who thinks about money bags.we are with srini here.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Pawar ahead of Srini any day.Srini has made BCCI and Indian Cricket his "Ghar Ka Kotha" and runs it like that. NCP also has 12 MPs which will be a great support to BJP esp. the 6 in the RS.If for this all that BJP has to do is give Pawar the BCCI chair,that would be a great bargain for Modi and Shah and BJP.

[hhunaeh]

wow, never thought i would end up supporting srini one day. :cantstop:

[velu]

except sunnyji all are rooting for srini :phehehe: :bigboss:

[StriKe]

except sunnyji all are rooting for srini :phehehe: :bigboss:

:haha:

[aceofbase]

pawar and corruption go hand in hand...he should retire from public eye.. BJP and modi are too smart for him to fall for his trap..me thinks Srini has it under control...

[Vilander]

Pawar ahead of Srini any day.Srini has made BCCI and Indian Cricket his "Ghar Ka Kotha" and runs it like that. NCP also has 12 MPs which will be a great support to BJP esp. the 6 in the RS.If for this all that BJP has to do is give Pawar the BCCI chair,that would be a great bargain for Modi and Shah and BJP.

[KFC_Zinger]

Now when I have started to like him, he is being booted out

[kosingh]

I don't like Srini, but I respect Srini. I neither like nor respect Pawar.

[sensible-indian]

Atleast DRS will be implemented (hopefully) after this guy is thrown out.

[fineleg]

ns = scum sp = greater scum scums playing musical chairs with ind crickt :((

[shortbread]

Pawar surrounded by all that money is a disaster waiting to happen!! That ggauthi leech is even worse than the incumbent madrasi!! Also expect Baramati to have their own IPL team!! Now the marathi manhoos tribe have one more name to cheer for, apart from nohit ofcourse!!

[BeautifulGame]

Pawar couldn't oust him when NCP was in power in both center and State but will now lol

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Pawar surrounded by all that money is a disaster waiting to happen!! That ggauthi leech is even worse than the incumbent madrasi!! Also expect Baramati to have their own IPL team!! Now the marathi manhoos tribe have one more name to cheer for, apart from nohit ofcourse!!

Pawar was BCCI chief from 2005 to 2008.No IPL team in Baramati ni IPL scandal.No Son In law Cricket enthusiast.No Selector removed because he wanted to remove the captain.

Pawar couldn't oust him when NCP was in power in both center and State but will now lol

Well then it was South's term to nominate a President and Srini has total control over Southern members.Now its East's term to nominate and Srini only has 2 at the max 3 East members supporting him.