Elections to high-stake KSCA peaceful

Bangalore, Sep 9 (UNI) The bitterly fought battle for the reins of the managing committee of the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) today witnessed a record polling with over 1,100 members out of the total little over 1,400 casting their votes in the quadrennial elections that went off peacefully.

The results were expected later tonight.

In a crucial battle off the field, the group, led by the last scion of Mysore royal family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, was challenging the group of incumbent Secretary and former test batsman Brijesh Patel.

With the tussle for supremacy reaching high octane level with the two groups making allegations and counter allegations against each other, the conduct of elections was given to the Registrar of Cooperative Societies.

A group of officers from the department set up five booths at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, the KSCA headquarters. The polling, held from 1300 hrs to 1900 hrs, was hectic, but peaceful, a department official said.

While legendary cricketer G R Vishwanath was pitted against Mr Wadiyar for the President's post, the scion had supported 'old war horse' G Kasturirangan to fight Brijesh, who was holding the Secretary post for over nine years.

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