The entire Marwari Sammelan units across the state have pledged support to social worker Ashok Bhalotia in his bid as a presidential candidate for Jharkhand Prantiya Marwari Sammelan (JPMS) whose election will be held on Sunday, July 31. It may be mentioned that the other candidate for the JPMS presidential election is from Ranchi.

Ashok Bhalotia from Jamshedpur has already claimed victory in the JPMS presidential polls in view of the support he has been garnering across all district Marwari Sammelan bodies in Jharkhand. While interacting with the media on Friday, July 29, Ashok Bhalotia said that after meeting the community people during his tour along with his supporters over the past two months, he had been assured of support from maximum number of voters of Zila Marwari Sammelans in the run up to the JPMS presidential polls to be held on Sunday, July 31. He stated that the support he had received from his tours had given him the confidence to announce his victory a couple of days prior to the Prantiya polls. “My victory in the elections for JPMS President is assured because of the assurances of my community people across Jharkhand. It will turn out to be a record victory with the huge margin of votes polled in my favour. I have urged all voters to cast their votes during the JPMS polls. Please bring your ID proofs along to cast your votes in the booths allotted for the Marwari Sammelan unit you are registered with.”

Ashok Bhalotia briefed media persons present in the press meeting on his plans after winning the JPMS presidential elections to be held on July 31. He said, “I will set up a well-equipped office and if possible, a building for the JPMS at Ranchi. I will ensure that no member of my community is deprived of education or medical support for want of money. I will form district committees that would include the intelligentsia, women and youth to bolster the processes of community development. Such measures will be taken to provide employment either through jobs or through provision of capital money to start small businesses. I will also see to it that women come to the fore and select one woman from every family and empower each of them with voting rights. The other plan that I will execute is to increase membership in our organization to at least 10 thousand within six months of taking over as JPMS President. The ID cards of all life members of Marwari Sammelans in Jharkhand will be renewed. We will work jointly to convert the impossible to possible.”.The dignitaries of the Marwari community present at the press meeting included Nirmal Kabra, Umesh Shah, Bajranglal Agarwal, Naresh Modi, Arun Bankrewal, Ashok Goel, Ashok Modi, Arun Gupta, Rajesh Pasari and Vinod Mittal. They stated that the voters of Jharkhand Prantiya Marwari Sammelan had made up their mind to vote for Ashok Bhalotia and hand him the reins so that he can execute all development plans for the community with financial paucity having no place in the execution of social work. The Marwari community in Jharkhand was sure that Ashok Bhalotia had a driving desire to introduce new social uplift and development plans and thus would vote for him as President of JPMS.