The election for the three director posts in two categories of Bangladesh Cricket Board will be held at the 4th floor of the National Sports Council (NSC) today. The voting process will be starting at 9:00am and will conclude at 4:00pm.
However, the election process is still to overcome some legal complicacies as the Fifth Judges Court of Dhaka issued a show-cause notice to the Chief Election Commissioner of BCB election Abdur Rahman, NSC secretary Shivnath Roy and BCB ad-hoc committee president Nazmul Hasan asking them why the BCB election process will not be ruled unlawful. The trio has also been asked to answer within 24 hours of the issuance of the show-cause notice.
Abu Taher of Sonar Bangla Club, Md. Alamgir of Mirpur, Md. Selim of Hillol Juba Sangha and MA Razzaque of North Bengal Football Academy submitted a complain at the court claiming the draft voter’s list of the BCB elections did not maintain the criteria. The point tables of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd division cricket leagues of 2011-12 were followed to form the voters list whereas, as per constitution, the final point table of the 2012-13 season should be followed. The court accepted the plea and issued a show-cause notice to the concerned persons. Abdur Rahman, the chief election commissioner, said he would be answering the show-cause notice within the deadline.
Meanwhile, former national skipper Naimur Rahman, Monjur Kader and Mirza Zillur Rahman will be fighting for the two slots in Category I.
Rafius Shams Paddy and Saiful Alam Swapan will contest for the lone director’s post in Rajshahi, but the focus will be on Category III, which has 43 voters, where two former national captains Gazi Ashraf Hossain and Khaled Mahmud will try to win the lone slot. The Category 3 consists of the educational boards, armed forces and others.
