HYDERABAD: The nomination of former India cricket captain Mohd Azharuddin for the post of presidentship in the Hyderabad Cricket Association elections (scheduled to be held on January 17) has been rejected.
Returning officer K Rajeev Reddy informed The Hindu Saturday that he had to reject Azhar’s nomination as the latter had not given “a satisfactory explanation whether the BCCI ban on him in the wake of the match-fixing scandal was not lifted and that he failed to provide adequate proof that he was enrolled as a voter”.
It may be recalled here that Azhar filed his nomination on behalf of the National Cricket Club.
Sources close to Azhar have now hinted to The Hindu he would take up the issue with the Justice Lodha Committee as he feels denied the opportunity as per the panel recommendations.
“The panel recommendations have clearly suggested that former international cricketers are eligible to contest and that Azhar even submitted the 2012 High Court judgement copy regarding the setting aside of the BCCI ban. But, the decision of the returning officer seems to be motivated and not fair,” an official who was closely involved in Azhar filing the nomination told the newspaper.
WIth Azhar out of the reckoning, there are now two candidates – Vidyuth Jaisimha and Dr G Vivekanand - in the fray for the president’s post.
Other candidates in the fray for different posts are as follows:
Vice-president – Dr. K. Anil Kumar, Imran Mehmood.
Secretary – T. Seshnarayan (only candidate).
Joint-secretary: E. Venkatram Reddy and Ajmal Asad.
Treasurer – Mahender, P. Anuradha and P. Srinivas.
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