CAB polls down to 145;floating voters146;

Insiders say no more than about 100 of the 118 votes can be safely said to have been decided. 8216;8216;Among the Kolkata clubs, it8217;s a 55-45 equation right now in Dalmiya8217;s favour. With so many undecided voters to be hunted in the next two days, it8217;s not a convincing lead,8217;8217; a Dalmiya aide said.

While Samar Pal, the CAB joint-secretary candidate from the Mukherjee camp, maintained that the number of 8216;8216;floating8217;8217; votes is being blown up, a supporter and former Ranji player revealed, 8216;8216;There are over a dozen open voters among the 90-odd Maidan clubs, and we were expecting to get them.8217;8217;

Both factions agreed that two days is too a long time to make any predictions. 8216;8216;What if Mukherjee manages to win over half of these undecided voters, which are mostly second-division clubs?8217;8217; a senior Maidan coach asked. 8216;8216;Dalmiya has ignored them for years, preferring first-division clubs. But this may have antagonised them and the opposition should make the best of the situation.8217;8217;

Another uneasy sign for Dalmiya is the winds of change among the city8217;s top clubs. Barring Shyambazar and Kalighat, the rest of the premier clubs seem to be leaning towards the supercop.