<p>Veteran administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya has emerged as a consensus candidate in the N Srinivasan camp for the post of president in the BCCI elections to be held here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Dalmiya, the president of Cricket Association of Bengal, controls two votes from East Zone and has emerged as a candidate for the top post since no other name was unanimously acceptable to all the units loyal to Srinivasan.<br /><br />The loyalists of Srinivasan, who met here today ahead of the much-awaited Annual General Meeting, have not decided the other panel members as yet.<br /><br />"As of now only Dalmiya's name has emerged as a frontrunner for BCCI president's post. No other name for other positions has been finalised yet," a top BCCI official told PTI.<br /><br />It is the turn of East Zone to nominate a president and it is still not clear whether the rival faction has been able to break any of the six East Zone units who have traditionally been loyal to Srinivasan.<br /><br />Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar, who has been projected as possible candidate for the president's post, flew into the city this evening and was closeted in a meeting with his supporters. Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar has also arrived here for the AGM.<br /><br />It is still not clear whether Pawar will contest the elections. He is likely to plunge into the fray only if his group can cobble up enough numbers to win the polls.<br /><br />Dalmiya was made interim chief of the BCCI after Srinivasan stepped aside from the post in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.</p>
<p>Veteran administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya has emerged as a consensus candidate in the N Srinivasan camp for the post of president in the BCCI elections to be held here on Monday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Dalmiya, the president of Cricket Association of Bengal, controls two votes from East Zone and has emerged as a candidate for the top post since no other name was unanimously acceptable to all the units loyal to Srinivasan.<br /><br />The loyalists of Srinivasan, who met here today ahead of the much-awaited Annual General Meeting, have not decided the other panel members as yet.<br /><br />"As of now only Dalmiya's name has emerged as a frontrunner for BCCI president's post. No other name for other positions has been finalised yet," a top BCCI official told PTI.<br /><br />It is the turn of East Zone to nominate a president and it is still not clear whether the rival faction has been able to break any of the six East Zone units who have traditionally been loyal to Srinivasan.<br /><br />Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar, who has been projected as possible candidate for the president's post, flew into the city this evening and was closeted in a meeting with his supporters. Former BCCI president Shashank Manohar has also arrived here for the AGM.<br /><br />It is still not clear whether Pawar will contest the elections. He is likely to plunge into the fray only if his group can cobble up enough numbers to win the polls.<br /><br />Dalmiya was made interim chief of the BCCI after Srinivasan stepped aside from the post in the wake of the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal.</p>