ADG vs DIG in Jharkhand cricket polls

Ranchi - Cricket polls in Jharkand, home to Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, have heated up and will see an Additional Director General (ADG) of Police fighting it out with Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for the coveted post of the presidency of the Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA).

The incumbent JSCA president Amitabh Chaudhary, who is the Additional Director General (ADG) of Police and is posted as special secretary in the state Home department, will take on Praveen Singh, Deputy Inspector General of Police of the Special Task Force (STF).

Chaudhary has been the president since the JSCA was constituted in 2003. The JSCA polls had turned high profile in 2005 when the then state Home Minister Sudesh Mahto joined the fray but lost the polls to Chaudhary.

This year the JSCA president poll has again become interesting with two top cops fighting it out for the coveted post.

The challenger, Praveen Singh doubted whether it would be a free and fair poll.

“We doubt a free and fair poll. We have not been provided the list of the voters. We demand a free and fair poll,” he said after submitting his nomination papers.

Chaudhary’s close associates say that it will be an easy win and he will again become the JSCA president.