Shashank Manohar quits BCCI presidency
I hereby tender my resignation with immediate effect as BCCI President, Manohar wrote to board secretary Anurag Thakur
Manohar submitted his resignation in a letter to the board. PHOTO: AFP
NEW DELHI:
Shashank Manohar resigned on Tuesday as president of the Indian cricket board, reports and a senior source within the organisation said.
"I hereby tender my resignation with immediate effect as BCCI President," Manohar wrote in a letter to the board secretary Anurag Thakur, according to a transcript obtained by the NDTV network.
A senior official with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AFP that Manohar had resigned but gave no further details.
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Indian newspapers have been reporting for several days that Manohar would resign his post at the BCCI in order to stand for re-election as head of the International Cricket Council.
Manohar became the president of BCCI last year after the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
According to Indian media reports, Politician and Mumbai Cricket Association president Sharad Pawar is set to succeed Manohar as the head of the Indian cricket body but there is no confirmation yet.
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Meanwhile, sources quoted by India Today said that Manohar decided to walk away from the coveted post after the RM Lodha panel proposed its recommendation of ‘one-state-one-vote’ which he thinks were “impossible to implement”.
A report by Times of India also stated that the role of president would be reduced to an ‘ornamental’ position if the Lodha recommendations are accepted.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the BCCI over its opposition of the Lodha panel's 'one state-one vote' recommendation.
Shashank Manohar resigned on Tuesday as president of the Indian cricket board, reports and a senior source within the organisation said.
"I hereby tender my resignation with immediate effect as BCCI President," Manohar wrote in a letter to the board secretary Anurag Thakur, according to a transcript obtained by the NDTV network.
A senior official with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to AFP that Manohar had resigned but gave no further details.
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Indian newspapers have been reporting for several days that Manohar would resign his post at the BCCI in order to stand for re-election as head of the International Cricket Council.
Manohar became the president of BCCI last year after the demise of Jagmohan Dalmiya.
According to Indian media reports, Politician and Mumbai Cricket Association president Sharad Pawar is set to succeed Manohar as the head of the Indian cricket body but there is no confirmation yet.
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Meanwhile, sources quoted by India Today said that Manohar decided to walk away from the coveted post after the RM Lodha panel proposed its recommendation of ‘one-state-one-vote’ which he thinks were “impossible to implement”.
A report by Times of India also stated that the role of president would be reduced to an ‘ornamental’ position if the Lodha recommendations are accepted.
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the BCCI over its opposition of the Lodha panel's 'one state-one vote' recommendation.