DDCA begins to lose the will to remove Bansal

The Delhi and District Cricket Association has been trapped in a strange tangle. After 17 of the 24-member executive committee had decided to take the powers away from president Sneh Bansal, the latter is trying desperately to stay afloat.

It is strange that none of the 17 members, who removed Bansal, have filed an FIR against him whereas former cricketers have already taken the initiative.

Surender Khanna says he is surprised that none of the officials have gone hammer and tongs against Bansal.

There were a series of four meetings held between 9^th December and 2^nd January where a lot of decisions have been taken. A Delhi court has said that in all general meetings and other meetings, the presence of president is necessary. He is supposed to act as the chairman. In the case of DDCA, this didn’t happen. The court has cancelled the meeting that EC was planning to hold on January 21, saying that no meeting will be held till the next date of hearing on January 27.

The court also says that in the absence of president, another executive committee member has to be appointed the chairman. However, the court feels that the executive committee could not elect any other person as the chairman. It probably means that the decisions in the meetings don’t hold good and the step taken to remove president Bansal should have been taken with Bansal there or someone else as the chairman.

Bansal has been complaining that he was not informed about the meetings which were sometimes held at Hotel Vikram. This is one mistake the executive committee made. Besides, they are also going easy against Anil Khanna, the general secretary, who signed the cheques that routed the DDCA money to a company owned by Bansal. Recently, while Delhi’s match against Odisha was on, the former cricketers met at the Ferozeshah Kotla. Both, vice-president Chetan Chauhan and treasurer Ravinder Manchanda, promised the ex-cricketers that they’d file an FIR against Bansal. But they have failed to do it.

However, the fact that Bansal has got a relief by using the court of law also proves one thing. The issue of corruption has been put in the background and almost forgotten. The fact that R1.55 crore was transferred from DDCA to a company is the core issue, which somehow is getting lost. Soon people will forget about everything and some sort of compromise will put Bansal the man in charge once again.

It shows the level that DDCA is falling to everyday.

Interestingly, the new dispensation had revamped the U-19 selection panel saying that there were irregularities. They had installed Virat Kohli’s coach Raj Kumar Sharma as the chief selector instead of Bantoo Singh. The court, however, said that the general meeting without the president or chairman took such decisions therefore it was wrong. It meant that the old committee under Bantoo Singh had the last laugh and their team was sent for the next round match. Vinod Tihara, the sports committee convenor had been fighting Bantoo’s favour and had disapproved of Chetan Chauhan’s move to replace Bantoo with Raj Kumar Sharma.