BCA election: Final list of candidates declared

The fight for the top-moist post is clearly between Chirayu Amin and Samarjitsinh Gaekwad. Three others — Anshuman Gaekwad,Sanjay Patel and Shailesh Nagarsheth — have withdrawn their nominations.

For the two posts of V-P,Rakesh Parikh and Jitendra Patel (Pop) from the Amin camp,while Ravindar Hota and Sachin Dalvi from the Gaekwad camp are in the race.

Five candidates are in the fray for the two posts of Joint Honorary Secretary — Anshuman Gaekwad and Kiran More from the Amin camp and Sanjay Patel and CR Mohite from Gaekwad camp. Congressman Shailesh Nagarsheth is the fifth candidate.

Amul Jikar will fight Anant Indulkar for the single post of the Honorary Treasurer and Chirayu Amin for the single post of the Managing Committee Patron. For the Vice-Patron of the Managing Committee,Samarjitsinh will fight Pop. Nominations for the five posts of Life Members are Abhay Palkar,Arun Gandhi,Bhupendra Patel,Chetan Pawar,Nachiket Bajaria,Narayan Satham,Ravi Deshmukh,Snehal Parikh,Vijay Sawant and Vikram Hazare. Ten members have been nominated for the five posts of ordinary life members,four for two posts representation of clubs,two for one post representing schools and 14 nominations each for seven posts in three committees — Tournament,Umpire and Press.

One representation from MS University has remained vacant as both nominations for the same were disqualified for failing to prove the authorisation.

Election officer Shah said three nominations have been disqualified,including that of former cricketer and current coach Mehendi Shaikh,who has trained the likes of Yusuf Pathan and Irfan Pathan.

Amin camp’s Ajit Lele ‘pressurised’ by rival Gaekwad group to ‘withdraw’

Express News Service

Vadodara,December 9

The two warring camps fighting the BCA election nearly had a face-off when a member of the Chirayu Amin camp,Ajit Lele,was allegedly pressurised by the rival Samarjitsinh Gaekwad camp to withdraw his candidature from the Managing Committee post that he is contesting.

Ajit,who is the son of Late Jaywant Lele,said he was cornered by members of the rival clan to bring the legacy of Jaywant Lele into their side. Ajit said,“The fight is not about me. It is about my father’s legacy. The other side wants it to strengthen their own side,but the fact is that my father was with the Revival BCA group since many months before he passed away. He has attended their meetings and pledged support to this camp.

“I was at the BCA office,when I was being pressurised by three members of the Gaekwad camp,” he added. While Gaekwad was unavailable for comment,BCA secretary Sanjay Patel said,“I am not aware if he met Samarjitsinh,but I do not believe he was pressurised to withdraw. They are obviously making false allegations. I was not at the BCA office today,so I do not know what happened.”

‘Elections against BCA constitution’

vadodara: The Charity Commissioner has served a notice upon the Managing Committee of the association to appear before it on December 13 when it hears a member’s petition challenging the constitutionality of the elections. The petition,filed by BCA member Mohan Karlekar,has contended that the elections are against the BCA constitution,which does not permit separate elections for the posts of office-bearers,as it is a public trust under the Bombay Public Trust Act,1950. ENS