Joshi, who had just completed an year in office as the RCA president in June this year, has been removed from the coveted post with immediate effect and the entire working committee has been dissolved.
In an overnight coup, Lalit Modi coterie stumped Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) president and Congress heavyweight, CP Joshi, forcing him to exit the apex cricket body in state on Tuesday.
Joshi, who had just completed an year in office as the RCA president in June this year, has been removed from the coveted post with immediate effect and the entire working committee has been dissolved. Fresh elections to reelect the office bearers of RCA will now have to be conducted within 3 months, sources said.
An eight-member ad hoc committee, formed under the Rajasthan Sports Act, has been put in place to oversee the cricketing body's day-to-day work. "The committee will be headed by Vinod Saharan. It shall draw eight members from both factions," RCA secretary RS Nandu told DNA.
Nandu is regarded as the "night watchman" who stands guard for the rights of the districts aligned with the Modi camp.
Office bearers of 16 districts had filed a complaint citing inefficiency on part of Joshi to carry out the responsibility.
There are 33 cricketing districts affiliated with the RCA that determine the fate of the office bearers who run the cricketing body in Rajasthan. "He was found flouting the Sports Act that demands a president to conduct domestic tournament," said Nandu, adding, "He also failed to carry out the annual audit mandatory for the books of the Association."
The complaint was filed around two months back by 16 districts.
This is not the first time that RCA has courted trouble. The association has had a tumultuous history replete with such incidents where both the parties have challenged each other in a bid to usurp power. When in 2017 fesh elections on the lines of Supreme Court approved Lodha Panel Recommendations were held, the cricket fraternity was hopeful of the game getting kick-started in the state. Moreover, it was during IPL 2018 that the BCCI even lifted the longstanding ban on RCA and brought it back into its fold, but things remained dicey. Again, with the start of domestic season 2018-19, an ad hoc committee was put in place to run the cricket affairs due to the ongoing battle of supremacy between the two factions.
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