Rajat Sharma resigns as DDCA president

The senior journalist had a 20-month tenure at the helm for DDCA.

Rajat Sharma | Getty

Reasoning his inability to continue amidst "various pulls and pressures" within the organisation, senior journalist Rajat Sharma on Saturday (November 16) resigned from his position as the president of Delhi & Districts Cricket Association (DDCA). 

It was a 20-month tenure that was filled with turbulence as Sharma experienced well-publicised differences with general secretary Vinod Tihara, who enjoys a fair amount of support base in the DDCA. 

"The cricket administration here is full of pulls and pressures all the time. I feel that vested interests are always actively working against the interest of cricket," Sharma said in a statement.

"It seems that it may not be possible to carry on in DDCA with my principles of integrity, honesty and transparency, which I am not willing to compromise at any cost."

The 62-year-old was backed to join cricket administration by former finance minister late Arun Jaitley. But once Jaitley passed away, many DDCA insiders believe, Sharma lost his ground in the system. 

"In my endeavour, though I faced many road blocks, opposition and oppression, just to keep me from discharging my duties in fair and transparent," he said.

"That’s why I have decided to call it a day and hereby tender my resignation to the Apex Council from the post of President, DDCA with immediate effect."

(Inputs from PTI)

 
 

By Kashish Chadha - 16 Nov, 2019

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