This is largely because of two former BCCI chiefs, Jagmohan Dalmiya, the Cricket Association of Bengal chief, who has chosen to remain silent, and Sharad Pawar, who is frantically looking to regain the post.
Pawar will need the backing of two state units from the East Zone to file his nomination for the president's post and he has approached the BJP government at the centre and the RSS office in Nagpur to prevail over the units to support him.
Assam, Jharkhand and Orissa are known supporters of president-in-exile N Srinivasan and the stand of the other three units from the zone - CAB, National Cricket Club and Tripura - is still unknown. Two of those units belong to Dalmiya (NCC being the other) and Srinivasan supporters say that the Kolkata strongman will not back Pawar.
Dalmiya refused to confirm that. "I can tell you only tomorrow," Dalmiya told Mirror when asked about the possibility of him proposing Pawar's name. "Call me in the afternoon," he said.
Dalmiya did not say whether or not he would back Pawar and also did not answer a question on whether Pawar had approached him.
It is being speculated that Dalmiya, currently in the Srinivasan camp, could change sides if he is not their presidency candidate. There is an impression that Srinivasan, after being prevented by the Supreme Court from contesting, wants Sanjay Patel to take his position. Patel is a confidante of Srinivasan and is currently the BCCI secretary.
Niranjan Shah, a known Pawar supporter, however, said he is yet to hear from his group leader. "We've not got any indication of Mr Pawar contesting the election. We're waiting to hear from him. The situation is still fluid. We've not formed a group yet," the Saurashtra Cricket Association president, said. "The situation could change in 24 hours."
Meanwhile, a Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) official said Pawar has asked his supporters to reach Chennai - the venue of the BCCI AGM - by Saturday afternoon, by which time he should also be there.
To win the election, Pawar will need votes of at least 16 of the 30 state units and the former Union Agriculture Minister will be banking on BJP support which controls eight votes - including the three government nominees Railways, Services and All India Universities.
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