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Non-panelists ready to challenge

SPORTS REPORTER
A total of 62 councilors have collected 112 nomination papers for the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) elections to be held on August 27.
Former BCB joint secretary Mahmudul Haque Manu was among the 20 councilors who bought nomination papers on the third and the final day for collecting yesterday.
Cricket organiser Gazi Golam Dastagir and his son took nomination papers apart from members of the recently dissolved committees of the BCB Zayedan Rabbi, Tareq Chowdhury, Ali Asif Khan, Adnan Rahman Dipon and Ali Hossain who are reportedly not part of the pro-establishment panel. However, these government-backed candidates are determined to contest the election.
With tension continuing between two candidates for the general secretary's position, former board advisors Mahbub Anam and Nurul Kabir Shaheen, tomorrow's submission deadline has sparked a lot of interest.
Shaheen, who had earlier told the press that he would compete for the general secretary's post, was yet to change his mind despite being assured of a vice-president's post.
Manu, who wants to contest for either the general secretary's or a member's post, was skeptic about the fairness of the election.
"The way the panel was finalised at the BCB president's house, it looks like everything has been settled already. The president has lost his credibility by involving himself in deciding the panel. That is not fair," said Manu while talking to reporters.
"It could all turn into a farce under political influence," said Manu adding that an AGM or EGM should have approved the BCB's new constitution.
"I have also not received a copy of the new constitution as a councilor," claimed Manu.
Meanwhile, BCB's exadvisor Aziz Al Kaiser Tito too was unhappy with the manner in which the panel had been fixed.
"I will not contest for a member's spot. Having served the board for over a decade, I deserve at least the post of a vice-president," said Tito, who was chairman of the BCB's marketing committee.
"If they recognise my works
and offer me the vicepresident's post, only then I will submit my nomination papers. There is still time to reschedule the panel but if they do not consider my contribution, I will skip the election," said Tito.
Some young organisers are disgruntled with the nomination of Farhad Hossain in the panel that features almost all the same faces that had been running the board as part of an advisory committee.
"We have never even heard his name," said a furious organiser of a Dhaka club referring to the councilor candidate from Mirpur Hillol Club.
Members of the District Sports Forum, the so-called crucial vote bank which can heavily influence the results of the polls, are also showing signs of divisions within.
A number of forum members bought nomination papers after finding out that they had been ignored in the panel. The forum has been reportedly assured of one vice-president's slot and a dozen members in the 31-member executive committee.
The councilors will be able to withdraw their candidature on August 20 and the election commission will publish the final list of candidates the next day.