Despite the ‘Banda’ called by Nepali Congress cadres after the death of Tarun Dal Chitwan district president Shiva Paudel, representatives of different districts and cricketing regions are arriving in Chitwan till late Saturday night.[break]
“Though the banda has created trouble for them, our delegates are still coming from different districts and regions,” said Ashok Pyakurel, general secretary of CAN. “The whole cricketing community is curious and concerned as we are hosting our first election.”
Pyakurel observed that Sunday’s election would be an important day in the history of CAN. “Election is the most important step to strengthen the organization and elevate its status,” said Pyakurel.
Election equation
The general assembly on Sunday will elect a president, a first vice-president, two other vice-presidents, a general secretary and 12 members. The CAN statute has the provision of nominating 14 members by the elected board and the president after the election.
The cricket community is busy announcing candidacy for different posts and speculating about the possible votes in their favor.
The incumbent president Tanka Aangbuhang has already announced his candidacy while former general secretary Tanka Paneru is working to create a conducive environment for his candidacy for president.
“I’ve certain reservation over the election process itself. The new statute is yet to be approved by the general assembly but the current leadership is functioning as per the statute,” said Paneru. “The statute does not include the ICC regulation that requires avoidance of government interference on the cricket board. I’ll raise this issue during the general assembly and my decision whether to contest or protest will depend on the response of the participants,” said Paneru.
Paneru said that he is a representative of Jhapa district but current CAN leadership has been saying that he cannot represent Jhapa.
“Our statute says that a representative from district committee can cast vote. A district cannot nominate just anybody as a voter,” said Pyakurel. “We are yet to know who is coming as representative from different districts as many representatives are on the way. Also, we are yet to get documents sent by different districts,” he said.
Paneru, on the other hand, defended his representation saying district can nominate anybody.
Pyakurel, who said he’ll decide on his candidacy after meeting district representatives, is set to contest for the post of general secretary. Likewise, former captain and CAN member Pawan Agrawal is also a likely candidate for the post of general secretary. Agrawal said that he’ll take final decision only on Sunday.
Current vice-president TB Shah said he’ll file nomination only if his team asks him to do so. Shah referred to the current CAN leadership as his team.
Current vice-presidents Upendra Bhattarai, Chatur Bahadur Chand and Shree Niwas Rana are talked about as the possible candidates for the post of two vice-presidents.
Along with current members of CAN executive committee few others are also lobbying to file candidacy for the posts of members.
According to CAN statute, 31 members of the current executive committee, two representatives each from eight cricketing regions, a representative each from 36 districts, a representative each of umpires and coaches as well as five nominated by the CAN executive committee can cast the votes.
However, as of late Saturday, CAN is yet to make the names of five nominees public. A CAN source said that president Aangbuhang has already decided on three names which include Lal Babu Prasad of Wai Wai, the sponsor of cricket team, former cricketer Indra Bahadur Shah and cricket enthusiast PB Lama.
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