From December 13-15, the DDCA will hold elections for all members of the apex council, including five office bearers and seven directors. The election results will be announced on December 16.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The 2021 DDCA elections saw Rohan Jaitley emerge victorious in the President\u2019s race, receiving 1658 votes while his opponent, Vikas Singh, received 662 votes.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI was going to do it on the 14th, but I will do it on the 19th. It\u2019s because I have to go to my constituency due to some urgency,\u201d confirmed Azad, currently a Member of Parliament for the Trinamool Congress from Bardhaman\u2013Durgapur, in a conversation with IANS on Monday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Azad, a member of the 1983 ODI World Cup winning team, stated he will wait to see what other candidates pledge before revealing his own promises upon filing his nomination on November 19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI\u2019m waiting for others to say something - like, what do they write? What are they going to talk about? So, I\u2019m just waiting for it. After all, they promised a lot in the last elections. So, obviously, they\u2019re going to give the report card.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
When outlining his major objectives, Azad stressed the importance of prioritising club member facilities and managing cricket activities effectively. \u201cIt has become a commercial venture. So, we will be actually doing work for the betterment of the facilities of members and eradicating complete corruption that is there in cricket and membership, apart from the financial malfeasance that is taking place in DDCA.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Another item on Azad\u2019s list of objectives is the promotion of cricket at the school, university, and club levels, with the intention of nurturing the next generation of male and female cricketers from Delhi.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWell, yes, we have to promote club cricket. We have so many of them coming from outside, and taking admission in colleges, then taking residences and qualifying to play for Delhi. But where is the talent that were originally from Delhi getting into teams? Like we had superb, talented players in my playing time.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThere were so many who had to leave Delhi and go play for different states. Why is it that people from other states are coming to Delhi and playing, while we don\u2019t have the original pool that we had during our time? At one point, there were eight university boys in the Ranji Trophy team playing under Bishan Singh Bedi. So, we\u2019ve got to promote school cricket, university cricket, and club cricket, which is basically the cradle for youngsters to come up.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Azad elaborated on his goal to support deaf, blind, and physically challenged cricketers in Delhi, including plans to provide affordable training grounds for those who cannot afford cricket training in expensive academies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAfter all, this game has become so popular - it\u2019s not only played by men or women. So, we\u2019ve got to see to it that all the aspects of the game played by various groups should be encouraged.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI plan to start nine academies in nine different places. Like, take the ground, and have a contract saying that we\u2019ll maintain the ground. Plus, we\u2019ll pay your ground workers, and give us your ground. It\u2019s because now you have so many private academies.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cAfter all, this game has become so popular - it\u2019s not only played by men or women. So, we\u2019ve got to see to it that all the aspects of the game played by various groups should be encouraged.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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