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G Vivekanand elected HCA president

G Vivekanand has been elected president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association, taking over from former offspinner Arshad Ayub; the results of the election were declared on Friday night

G Vivekanand has been elected president of the Hyderabad Cricket Association (HCA), taking over from former offspinner Arshad Ayub; the results of the election were declared on Friday night. The HCA is the one of the first state associations to conduct its elections as per the Lodha Committee's recommendations.*
Vivekanand, an industrialist and a former member of parliament, secured 136 votes to defeat his opponent Vidyut Jaisimha, who managed 69. T Seshnarayan was elected secretary unanimously.
The elections were held on January 17, but the results were withheld following petitions that challenged the polls. According to the Times of India, the Hyderabad High Court dismissed the petitions and upheld the order of a civil court that had directed that the elections be held.
The HCA has been under the scanner for a number of irregularities during the organisation of the one-off Test between India and Bangladesh in Hyderabad in February. The absence of transparent tender processes and issues with vendor contracts were among the problems highlighted by the BCCI observer Ratnakar Shetty. The state body was also rapped by the Deloitte audit report on Project Transformation, instituted by former BCCI president Shashank Manohar, for serious financial discrepancies.
*13.45GMT, April 1: The article had erroneously stated that the HCA was the first state association to conduct elections as per the Lodha recommendations. This has been changed.