N Srinivasan's future hangs on SC verdict

Hyderabad: Having cleared the first round of getting re-elected for the post of BCCI president and having his own men in the board, N Srinivasan would be keenly eyeing the developments on Monday when Supreme Court will give its final verdict on the case filed against his candidature by the Cricket Association of Bihar secretary Aditya Verma. Srinivasan elected unopposed at BCCI AGM BCCI full of Srinivasan pals As per SC directive, Srinivasan won't assume charge: Shukla Hearing a plea by the Cricket Association of Bihar, which sought to stop Srinivasan from contesting, the Supreme Court had earlier allowed the Tamil Nadu strongman to fight the elections but told him not to take charge even if he is elected till further orders. \"In case Srinivasan is elected as President, he will not take charge until further orders,\" a bench comprising Justices A K Patnaik and J S Kehar said. The bench took strong exception to Srinivasan still holding charge of BCCI when his son-in-law Gurunath Meiyappan has been charge sheeted in connection with the IPL spot- fixing case. On Sunday, brushing aside intense criticism and questions of probity, N Srinivasan was elected unopposed as BCCI President for a third year during the Board's AGM even though he will not take charge till further orders from the Supreme Court. Srinivasan was the lone Presidential candidate put forward by the South Zone, from where he got the proposer and the seconder. The AGM asserted Srinivasan's supremacy in India's richest sporting body with not even a single voice of dissent being heard during the proceedings of the day. The choice of the various sub-committees bore ample testimony to Srinivasan's stranglehold on the organisation as all the executive functionaries as well as the heads of the important panels are perceived to be close to the Chennai strongman.