Shashank Manohar has been unanimously elected as the BCCI president today. Manohar was announced as the Board of Control for Cricket in Indias’ (BCCI) president at the Board’s Special General meeting. Since he was the only candidate following the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya in Kolkata last month, he was appointed back in power swiftly. All the six units of East Zone had unanimously proposed Manohar for the president’s post.
This is the second time the 58-year-old lawyer will be taking over BCCI. for the second time after Dalmiya’s sudden demise in Kolkata last month. Post the BCCI’s Special General Meeting which was scheduled on Sunday it was announced that Manohar will now be taking over the reins of BCCI as the newly appointed president. (ALSO READ: Shashank Manohar: High on integrity, tough on principles)
“All the six units of East Zone separately proposed Manohar’s name to show that they are firmly backing his candidature,” a representative from East said. (ALSO READ: Sourav Ganguly believes Shashank Manohar will do a good job as BCCI president)
All the six East Zone units separately signed as proposers for Shashank Manohar one of them included late Jagmohan Dalmiya’s son Avishek. Sourav Ganguly from Bengal, Sourav Dasgupta from Tripura, Gautam Roy from Assam, Ashirbad Behera of Odisha and Sanjay Singh of Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) also proposed Manohar’s name. BCCI Vice President C.K.Khanna congratulated the newly elected BCCI President Shashank Manohar.
Mr. Shashank Manohar elected #BCCIPresident pic.twitter.com/ynbqlpnFGh
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 4, 2015
BCCI Vice President C.K.Khanna congratulates newly elected BCCI President Shashank Manohar pic.twitter.com/zmCaJR44DN
— ANI (@ANI_news) October 4, 2015
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