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BCCI has threatened with suspension of the RCA for letting Lalit Modi file his nomination for the president's post
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Jaipur: Despite being banned for life by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi on Monday defiantly filed his nomination for the 19-December Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections, prompting a livid BCCI to threaten suspension of RCA for letting him back.
Modi’s nomination papers for the post of RCA president were filed by his lawyer Mehmood Abdi, who himself is aiming for the vice president’s post in the elections scheduled on Thursday. Abdi was accompanied by Amin Pathan, the secretary of Kota District Cricket Association and a close confidante of Modi, to do the paperwork on the last day of nominations.
The scrutiny would be done on Tuesday while 18 December is date for withdrawals. The polling would be held on 19 December between 11am and 2pm. However, a livid BCCI has a shot off a letter to incumbent RCA president C.P. Joshi, who has decided against contesting the polls.
“We find that the Nagaur Cricket Association has allowed Lalit Modi as president. We wish to remind you that as per the BCCI rules and regulations, all the members, including RCA, are bound to follow the decision taken and directives issued in the interest of BCCI, especially those related to disciplinary proceedings," stated the letter from BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel.
“The RCA stands to lose its rights and privileges as BCCI member if the expelled administrator of BCCI is allowed to remain an office-bearer of one of your district units. Therefore, kindly comply to BCCI directives and report the same to us."
As things stand, Modi can get elected unopposed in the polls given that nobody has filed a nomination for the top post apart from him. His faction already claims to have the support of 24 of 33 district units.
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