Rohan Jaitley to retain DDCA presidency Siddharth Verma upstages Vinod Tihara for secys post
New Delhi Oct 29 PTI Rohan Jaitley defeated senior advocate Vikas Singh by a massive margin to be re-elected as president of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association DDCA while former state Chief Minister late Sahib Singh Vermas youngest son and first-class player Siddharth Verma claimed the secretarys post Siddharth defeated the corruption-tainted Vinod Tihara for the position The counting concluded well after Thursday midnight Gautam Gambhirs maternal uncle Pawan Ghulati will be the new treasurer of DDCA Former BCCI acting president CK Khannas wife Shashi Khanna retained her vice-presidents postFor the presidents post Jaitley got 1658 votes while Singh could only get 662 It was the second time that Singh encountered a humiliating defeat for the presidents post Last time Singh had lost to senior journalist Rajat Sharma However the biggest upset was Verma who fought as an independent candidate and upstaged the notorious Tihara by 618 votes Verma who got 1322 votes to Tiharas 704 is a former Railways and Delhi cricketer The other tainted candidate Rakesh Bansal younger brother of former BCCI vice-president Sneh Bansal finished a distant third in election for the secretarys post polling in just 248 votes It is a great victory for me personally I would like to extend all my co-operation towards Rohan and work for betterment of Delhi cricket I have been a cricketer and working for their cause would be priority Verma a former DDCA senior selector and BCCI sub-committee member told PTI It was learnt that Tihara and his supporters left the Feroz Shah Kotla premises once they knew that they wouldnt be able to surpass VermaFor the treasurers post it was a walk in the park for Ghulati who is an advocate himself and has been a close ally of the late Arun Jaitley PTI KHS BS PM PM
New Delhi Oct 29 PTI Rohan Jaitley defeated senior advocate Vikas Singh by a massive margin to be re-elected as president of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association DDCA while former state Chief Minister late Sahib Singh Vermas youngest son and first-class player Siddharth Verma claimed the secretarys post Siddharth defeated the corruption-tainted Vinod Tihara for the position The counting concluded well after Thursday midnight Gautam Gambhirs maternal uncle Pawan Ghulati will be the new treasurer of DDCA Former BCCI acting president CK Khannas wife Shashi Khanna retained her vice-presidents postFor the presidents post Jaitley got 1658 votes while Singh could only get 662 It was the second time that Singh encountered a humiliating defeat for the presidents post Last time Singh had lost to senior journalist Rajat Sharma However the biggest upset was Verma who fought as an independent candidate and upstaged the notorious Tihara by 618 votes Verma who got 1322 votes to Tiharas 704 is a former Railways and Delhi cricketer The other tainted candidate Rakesh Bansal younger brother of former BCCI vice-president Sneh Bansal finished a distant third in election for the secretarys post polling in just 248 votes It is a great victory for me personally I would like to extend all my co-operation towards Rohan and work for betterment of Delhi cricket I have been a cricketer and working for their cause would be priority Verma a former DDCA senior selector and BCCI sub-committee member told PTI It was learnt that Tihara and his supporters left the Feroz Shah Kotla premises once they knew that they wouldnt be able to surpass VermaFor the treasurers post it was a walk in the park for Ghulati who is an advocate himself and has been a close ally of the late Arun Jaitley PTI KHS BS PM PM
