File photo of former IPL commissioner Lalit Modi.
Former Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi was impeached 17 votes to 1 in Rajasthan Cricket Association's special AGM in Jaipur on Monday. Rival factions of RCA tested their strengths with the no confidence motion against top four office bearers, including Modi, being voted on.
Modi, who has been seeking to legitimise his return to the helm of RCA, was dealt a telling blow after the voting was carried out. His supporters though allege that they were denied entry and that their bus was even stoned by members of the rival faction.
There has been a bitter battle within RCA between the Modi-led faction and the one with Amin Pathan at the top. Modi confidant Mehmood Abdi, the deputy president of RCA and president of Sri Ganganagar District Association, had repeatedly alleged the Pathan group of using unscrupulous means to stay relevant.
The Pathan faction however has maintained that RCA president Modi and three other top office bearers were removed by majority in a special EGM.
Crying foul, the Modi faction had moved court which in turn had quashed the claims of Pathan group but had granted them the permission to place a no-confidence motion through proper procedure.
The court had entrusted the president of the State Council to preside over Monday's meeting.
(With inputs from Harsha Kumari Singh in Jaipur)
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