Beating Prasun Mukherjee by an overwhelming margin of 24 votes, the former ICC president garnered 71 votes from a total of 118 to stage a remarkable comeback into active administration.

It remains to be seen how Dalmiya's comeback has a bearing on the Sharad Pawar-led Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI) and former India captain Sourav Ganguly who had threatened to quit playing for Bengal cricket.

Having successfully challenged the BCCI ban on him in the court of law, the veteran administrator, accused of misappropriating PILCOM accounts, has finally clawed his way back into the corridors of power in Indian cricket.

The BCCI, meanwhile, has maintained a firm silence so far on Dalmiya's effort to come back to power.

President Sharad Pawar had said "why should I react on CAB election, an internal matter?".

BCCI secretary Nirajan Shah had a diplomatic stand as he said, "There won't be any problem. It is a democratic process and BCCI would obviously have no effect of it".

Dalmiya was unruffled when asked if BCCI would freeze all support to the Bengal association.