DDCA Elections-Rohan Jaitley Rohan retain President’s role: Jaitley defeated senior advocate Vikas Singh by a massive margin to be re-elected as president of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) while former state Chief Minister late Sahib Singh Verma’s youngest son and first-class player Siddharth Verma claimed the secretary’s post.
DDCA Elections-Rohan Jaitley Rohan retain President’s role: Siddharth defeated the corruption-tainted Vinod Tihara for the position. The counting concluded well after Thursday midnight.
Gautam Gambhir’s maternal uncle Pawan Ghulati will be the new treasurer of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA). Former BCCI acting president CK Khanna’s wife Shashi Khanna retained her vice-president’s post.
Congratulations @rohanjaitley on winning the #DDCAElections & elected as President of #DDCA @delhi_cricket #DDCAElections #RohanJaitely @arunjaitley pic.twitter.com/N1ezlBBuYJ
— Sangeeta Chetan Chauhan (@ChetanChauhanCr) October 29, 2021
It was the second time that Singh encountered a humiliating defeat for the president’s post. Last time, Singh had lost to senior journalist Rajat Sharma.
However, the biggest upset was Verma, who fought as an independent candidate and upstaged the notorious Tihara by 618 votes.
Verma, who got 1322 votes to Tihara’s 704, is a former Railways and Delhi cricketer.
DDCA Elections-Rohan Jaitley Rohan retain President’s role: The other tainted candidate Rakesh Bansal, younger brother of former BCCI vice-president Sneh Bansal, finished a distant third in election for the secretary’s post, polling in just 248 votes.
Congratulations to Rohan Jaitley Ji on getting elected as President of @delhi_cricket and Siddarath Verma Ji as Secretary 👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/1OvLo541tl
— Manjinder Singh Sirsa (@mssirsa) October 28, 2021
“It is a great victory for me personally. I would like to extend all my co-operation towards Rohan and work for betterment of Delhi cricket. I have been a cricketer and working for their cause would be priority,” Verma, a former Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) senior selector and BCCI sub-committee member, told PTI.
DDCA Elections-Rohan Jaitley Rohan retain President’s role:It was learnt that Tihara and his supporters left the Feroz Shah Kotla premises once they knew that they wouldn’t be able to surpass Verma.
For the treasurer’s post, it was a walk in the park for Ghulati, who is an advocate himself and has been a close ally of the late Arun Jaitley.
