Former Indian left-arm orthodox bowler Bishan Singh Bedi has expressed anger over the family members of some former DDCA members have been shortlisted in the final list of nominations for the upcoming DDCA elections.
Recently, the candidate list has been announced while the elections have been scheduled for June 30.
The president of NCT Cricket Association, Bishan Singh Bedi said on that, “Proxy is dead, long live proxy. In a nutshell that is how you can assess the situation. We need an honest environment, unfortunately, that may not be the case. I am apprehensive about these former officer bearers trying to control the DDCA through their family members. I hope that members don’t succumb to the guile of former office bearers who want to push in their relatives and friends.”
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Bedi has welcomed the Lodha Committee recommendations to demolish the proxy voting but also pointed out its loophole which is rising to field the relatives as the election candidates.
Bedi said, “I have been fighting this battle for 40 years and just when you thought there was light at the end of the tunnel, you see proxies in human form.”
Bedi has also pointed out that there has been huge money spent by the candidates on hosting dinner parties and concerts for the members.
The 71-year-old said, “Huge sums are being spent by aspiring candidates and if you are investing so much money how will you recover this? What is it that attracts these candidates, who are spending so much money, to the DDCA? They have the purse to spend and members who I have spoken to seem to be swayed by the show of wealth and power of candidates. That is sad. We would want to see cricket taking prominence over everything else. My appeal to those contesting is to put cricket first.”
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Bedi has urged all members to support former Indian cricketers Madan Lal and Surinder Khanna who are contesting for the posts of president and director respectively.
Bedi said on that, “We are not supporting any panel but we are supporting candidates. We would urge all members to support these two cricketers because if they are in the DDCA it will help the game of cricket. I believe cricketers can set things right in the DDCA but not many can contest elections because when it comes to the numbers game (votes) the system does not allow us to enter the fray.”
