Mumbai 28 September, 2019 20:52 IST. Mr Modi resigned from the post before he took the oath of office as Prime Minister recently. Ahmedabad gets set for US President Donald Trump visit; Motera Stadium: Gujarat’s grand stand; Namaste Trump: World’s largest cricket stadium gearing up to host US Prez; Parthiv Patel; Revamped Sardar Patel stadium to be world’s biggest; President of Gujarat Cricket Association; Prime Minister Narendra Modi had taken over the reigns of GCA A day after leading his party to a stunning victory in by-elections, he was unanimously elected president of the Gujarat Cricket Association, ending Congress��� 16-year domination of the body. @ Gujarat Cricket Association. Gujarat Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Gujarat state of India and the Gujarat cricket team. Copyright © 2020 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. “Amit Shah, who was the vice-president of the GCA, was elected unopposed today as the president of the association,” another GCA vice-president and Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani said. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India. “The name of Shah was proposed by me and […] All Rights Reserved.

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For reasons not known, the Gujarat Cricket Association did not elect its president to succeed the outgoing GCA president, Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister. MUMBAI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who has been the president of the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) since June 2014, and Parimal Nathwani, the vice-president of the association, stepped down from their respective positions on Saturday, paving way for younger office-bearers to take charge. While Mr Modi took over the reins of GCA on Tuesday, his close associate and state home minister Amit Shah was elected as its vice-president.