JAIPUR, Dec 10: Uncertainty over Lalit Modi contesting the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections later this month ended today with his legal counsel Mehmood Abdi confirming that the former IPL commissioner will fight the polls.
Talking, Abdi said that the former RCA President will fight for the top post once again, thereby throwing a gauntlet at the BCCI, who has banned him for life in all cricket matters in India.
“He is all set to fight the RCA elections, which would be held on 19th December. He is willing to challenge the BCCI who has banned him for life,” Abdi, who is also the president of the Sri Ganganagar District Association, said.
Abdi also insisted that there was no legal tangle and Modi was entitled to fight the elections.
“His name is already on the eligibility list as president of the Nagpur District Cricket Association and moreover Rajasthan is governed by the Sports Act 2005. The date for nominations is from 14th to 16th December and Modi would file his nomination in time,” he said.
Abdi, as the spokesman of Modi group, also clarified that the group has no reservation or aversion to certain individuals.
“Everybody whosoever is interested in the development of the cricket in Rajasthan is welcome to join and vote for Lalit Modi in the forthcoming RCA elections. We are confident of overwhelming support from district cricket associations.”
Modi’s loyalists met here on Monday and claimed the presence of 19 district units. The shift in power in state has resulted in many of the C P Joshi loyalists deserting him.
“Joshi had ignored cricket in Rajasthan. The game has taken a beating in the state. Joshi has not done anything for the game. I was hoping as a federal minister he (Joshi) would have done a lot but I am disappointed.
“We had worked very, very hard and it is about time we start getting our act together,” Modi had stated earlier. (PTI)
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