PORVORIM: The representatives of cricket clubs who had come to Porvorim to file the nominations of their proxies to participate in the election of the Goa Cricket Association to be held on June were shocked to find that the gate of GCA was closed, on Saturday.
As per the rules of the GCA, electing clubs are required to file their nominations of their proxies 15 days in advance. Saturday was the last to file the nomination of the proxies.
The former President of the GCA Vinod Phadke stated that there are 104 registered clubs affiliated to the GCA and the representatives of around 60 clubs had come on Saturday morning to file the nomination of proxies of clubs.
However they were dismayed to see that gate of the GCA closed. When he tried to contact the President of Election Committee ND Agarwal he found that his mobile was out of range. When the process of election is on the GCA can’t keep the office closed.
“The President of the GCA Shekhar Salkar must have realized that his panel is not going to be elected in the forthcoming election and hence he has adopted his unlawful tactics,” alleged Phadke.
The former secretary of GCA Chetan Dessai stated that, “the staff of GCA had come to office as usual but were sent home stating that the office is closed. This has been done deliberately to prevent the cricket clubs from filing the nominations of their proxies. The clubs are upset over this autocratic behaviour of the President of GCA Shekhar Salkar and they will teach him a lesson in the ensuing election.
“He has requested the Joint Secretary Desh Kinlekar to come and collect the nominations of the cricket clubs,” said Chetan.
Akbar Mullah, Sunil Prabhu, Rajesh Ghodge, Manohar Naik, Nandev Phadke also criticized the attitude of Salkar.
Later the representatives of cricket clubs handed over the nominations of their proxies to the Joint Secretary Desh Kinlekar at the entrance of the gate.
