Scindia panel sweeps MP Cricket Association election

INDORE: The panel led by Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia made a clean sweep bagging all the posts in the bitterly contested elections to the Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association (MPCA). Scindia defeated his nearest rival and Madhya Pradesh minister Kailash Vijayvargiya by a margin of 77 votes for the post of MPCA president. The official announcement of the results was not made till the filing of this report.Elections were held earlier on Sunday amidst tight security to elect 19 members to the executive body of the MPCA.
Scindia polled about 150 votes while Vijayvargiya polled 73 votes. All the nine members of Scindia panel registered thumping win. For the post of chairman M K Bhargava won by polling 152 votes while his nearest rival Ashok Jagdale polled 71 votes. For the post of secretary, Narendra Menon polled 145 votes against 81 polled by Amitabh Vijayvargiya.
Alpesh Shah (149 votes) and Milind Kanmadikar (155 votes) were elected joint secretaries while Pravin Kasliwal polled 128 votes and was elected treasurer.
Earlier, there was tension at the counting venue outside the Holkar stadium as supporters of Scindia and Vijayvargiya clashed and police had to resort to use of force to disperse the mob. The Scindia panel won in the managing committee and affiliated institutes and club. The winners for the managing committee include Vinod Narang, Pankaj Pandey and Sandeep Mungera. Similarly, the winners for the affiliated institutes and club include CCI, Star Cricket Club and Young Man Cricket Club, said sources. Commenting on the victory, Ashok Kumat, spokesman of Scindia camp, said, “It’s a clean sweep for us. It is due to the excellent work done by Scindia during his two-year tenure as its president.”