A.Okay. Joti, Electoral Officer of the Board of Management for Cricket in India (BCCI), has mentioned the ultimate checklist of candidates for the secretary and treasurer’s posts within the by-election can be introduced on January 7 at 5 pm. The nomination window for the candidates is slated for January 3 and 4. IANS had beforehand reported that in a discover issued to state associations on Saturday afternoon, joint secretary Devajit Saikia mentioned the SGM can be held at 12 midday on January 12 on the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai to elect a brand new secretary and treasurer.
By the way, Saikia is serving as appearing secretary, after BCCI president Roger Binny exercised his particular powers granted within the structure. Article 7.2 (d) within the BCCI structure goes as “The President shall, within the occasion of a emptiness, or indisposition of an office-bearer, delegate the features to a different Workplace-Bearer till the emptiness is duly crammed up, or the indisposition ceases.”
The elections for twin vacancies have come up within the BCCI after Jay Shah left the secretary’s publish to take cost because the Chairman of the Worldwide Cricket Council (ICC) earlier this month. Later, treasurer Ashish Shelar stepped down from his function within the BCCI after he was included as a cupboard minister within the Maharashtra state authorities.
As per the discover for by-election issued by Joti on Saturday night, the scrutiny of the nominations can be performed on January 6 from 11 am to 1 pm. Withdrawal of nominations may be performed on January 7 from 11 am to 2 pm. The ultimate checklist of candidates can be introduced at 5 pm on the identical day. The elections can be held on January 12 and can be adopted by the announcement of outcomes on the identical day.
Within the nomination kind, an individual’s candidature is deemed to be legitimate if the individual: has not attained the age of 70 years, has not been a Minister or a Authorities Servant, and has not been convicted by a Courtroom of Regulation for fee of a felony offence and sentenced to imprisonment. The candidate has additionally been requested to specify that he/she will not be required to endure a cooling off interval of three years in accordance with the board’s Guidelines and Laws, and mustn’t have held any place as an Workplace-bearer of the BCCI for a Cumulative interval of 9 years.
As of now, there was no definitive phrase over who may very well be the successors to the posts left vacant by Shah and Shelar. However with the election discover given out, it means there’s ample time to determine who will emerge as appropriate candidates for the 2 vacant office-bearers’ posts within the BCCI.
BCCI Elections Timeline, as given by Electoral Officer AK Joti:
December 21: Name for Members to File Purposes to Nominate their Consultant
December 27: Deadline for Members to File Purposes to Nominate their Consultant
December 28: Launch of Draft Electoral Roll
December 29 and 30: Submission of Objections to Names within the Draft Electoral Roll
January 2: (i) Examination of Objections and Choices Thereon (ii) Launch of Closing Electoral Roll
January 3 & 4: Window to File Nomination Software
January 6: Scrutiny Purposes and Announcement of Checklist of Validly Nominated Candidates
January 7: Withdrawal of Nominations (in Individual) and Announcement of Checklist of Candidates
January 12: BCCI By-Election 2024 and declaration of outcomes
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