DDCA elections: Sangeeta Jaitley checks in as current dispensation seeks to retain power

In what could be deemed as a decision to safeguard the President’s post at the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) with the current dispensation, the last day of nomination on Tuesday found former India cricketer Kirti Azad pitted against two members of the Jaitley family.

The current President of DDCA, Rohan Jaitley, and his mother Sangeeta, the wife of the late Union minister and former DDCA President Arun Jaitley, have put in their names for election to the President’s post.

This nomination of both the Jaitleys has seemingly been pushed by the current regime due to Jaitley’s chances of becoming secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

It should be noted that the post of BCCI secretary will be vacated once Jay Shah joins International Cricket Council (ICC) as Chairman on December 1. His replacement will have to be selected prior to that.

Jaitley is reportedly pitted against Gujarat Cricket Association secretary Anil Patel for the BCCI post.

The dates for withdrawal of nominations in the DDCA elections have been set as December 2 and 3 with the time between 11 am and 4 pm.

It will be known clearly prior to December 3 whether Jaitley Jr makes it to BCCI or not. If he does, then the elections set for December 13, 14, and 15 will see Sangeeta fighting for President’s post against Azad as Jaitley will withdraw.

“If he doesn’t get elected to BCCI, then Sangeeta will in all likelihood pull out,” said a DDCA member.

The fight for Vice-President’s post involves 16 contenders with veteran administrator CK Khanna’s daughter Shikha Kumar also stepping in the fight. It should be noted that Khanna’s wife Shashi is the outgoing President and has crossed the age limit. Earlier, Khanna had served as DDCA VP for a very long time and was also the BCCI President for quite a long period.

There are 11 contenders for the post of DDCA Secretary, and 22 contenders for the post of DDCA Joint Secretary.

As many as 18 people have filed nomination for the treasurer’s post.

Altogether 50 candidates are fighting for post of Directors.  

It should be noted that there are several candidates fighting for more than one post. For example, Shikha is fighting for the post of VP and Joint Secretary; Pawan Gulati, who is the current treasurer, is fighting for the post of VP, Joint Secretary, and Treasurer. Shyam Sharma, who is currently a Director, has filed his name for five posts – VP, Secretary, Joint Secretary, Treasurer, and Director.

Here is the full list of candidates:

President’s post: Kirti Azad, Rohan Jaitley, Sangeeta Jaitley

Vice-President’s post: Rakesh Kumar Bansal, Saurabh Datta, Shikha Kumar, Rajan Manchanda, Sudhir Kumar Agarwal, Manish Sharma, Sunil K Goel, Pradeep Aggarwal, Harish Singla, Vikram Kohli, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Shyam Sunder Sharma, Shashi Gupta, Devendra Gupta, Sandeep Kumar Choudhary, Pawan Gulati.

Secretary: Vinod Tihara, Ashok Sharma, Harish Singla, Navdeep Malhotra, Manjit Singh, Sanjay Bhardwaj, Amit Grover, Shyam Sunder Sharma, Surya Prakash Khatri, Sanjay Bhardwaj, Karnail Singh

Joint Secretary: Ashu Gupta, Ashok Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Praveen Kumar Soni, Pradeep Aggarwal, Harish Singla, Manjit Singh, Shikha Kumar, Kamal Chopra, Saurabh Datta, Sudhir Kumar Agarwal, Surjeet Verma, Sunil K Goel, Pawan Gulati, Sandeep Kumar Choudhary, Devendra Gupta, Rakesh Kumar Bansal, Akhil Gupta, Amit Grover, Shyam Sunder Sharma, Vikas Katyal, Karnail Singh.

Treasurer: Pawan Gulati, Gurpreet Singh Sareen, Rajan Goel, Rakesh Kumar Bansal, Harish Singla, Navdeep Malhotra, Rajan Manchanda, Pradeep Aggarwal, Sandeep Kumar Choudhary, Devendra Gupta, Akhil Gupta , Surya Prakash Khatri, Amit Grover, Shyam Sunder Sharma, Vikas Katyal, Surya Prakash Sharma, Karnail Singh, Dinesh Kumar Sharma

Directors: Ashu Gupta, Punit Khanna, Vikas Katyal, Harssh Guptha, Aditya Jain, Joginder Khari, Ashok Sharma, Praveen Kumar Soni, Pardeep Kumar Arora, Rubaab Sood, Pradeep Aggarwal, Navdeep Malhotra, Manjit Singh, Gurpreet Singh Sareen, Saurabh Datta, Rajan Manchanda¸ Parveen Kumar Sabharwal, Surya Prakash Sharma, Dinesh Kumar Sharma, Kartik Sharma, Avinash Dixit, Surjeet Verma, Manish Sharma, Naveen Jindal, Sudhir Kumar Agarwal, Shyam Kumar, Nitin Mehra, Sunil K Goel, Rajan Goel, Harsh Kumar Sharma, Manish Aggarwal, Mukesh Aggarwal, Abhayjeet Sharma, Gaurav Jain, Anand Verma, Renu Khanna, Saurabh Poddar, Akhil Gupta, Ankur Schroff, Amit Grover, Shyam Sunder Sharma, Vikram Kohli, Shashi Gupta, Surya Prakash Khatri, Rakesh Kumar Gupta, Karnail Singh, Tushar Saigal, Sandeep Kumar Choudhary, Devendra Gupta, Kunal Gupta.

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