Shashank Manohar resigns as BCCI president

Shashank Manohar on Tuesday stepped down as the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Manohar was elected as president in October 2015 after the death of Jagmohan Dalmiya. It was the 59-year-old's second stint at the top post.
Apart from resigning as president of the BCCI, Manohar also stepped down as the BCCI representative in the ICC.
In a letter addressed to Anurag Thakur, the secretary of the BCCI, Manohar said, "I hereby tender my resignation with immediate effect from the post of President of Board of Control for Cricket in India. I also resign with immediate effect as the representative of BCCI on the International Cricket Council, as also the Asian Cricket Council on which I was nominated by the General Body of BCCI. I thank all my colleagues and the staff for their support and cooperation during my tenure. I wish all of you all the very best in taking the cause of Cricket to greater heights."
Manohar's exit means that this is the shortest-ever tenure by a BCCI president. There were talks that Manohar could resign as the BCCI chief in order to contest for the post of independent chairman of the International Cricket Council.
The ICC rules stapulates that the chairman must be of independent nature and can't act in dual role keeping his position as his country's cricketing chief.
So also, the role of office-bearers in the BCCI is becoming redundant as the Supreme Court has been pressurizing the BCCI to implement the Lodha Committee's recommendations aimed at restructuring the organisation.
According to sources, Thakur is likely to take over the hot seat. IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla is also in the running along with Maharashtra CA president and business magnet Ajay Shirke.
Going by BCCI rules, a Special General Meeting (SGM) has to be convened within 15 days, apprising the members of the current situation. It is the prerogative of secretary Thakur to call such a meeting
Meanwhile, the BCCI, acting on Justice Lodha's proposals, has already appointed its first-ever CEO. The Supreme Court is also backing a one-state-one-unit policy that could relegate several full members of one state into associate members. It may be noted that Manohar is the president of the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA), one of the three full members in the state of Maharashtra.