Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) Chairman and former Odisha Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy has been re-elected as the president of the Bhubaneswar Club.
The retired bureaucrat was elected as head of the elite club for a third consecutive year.
Tripathy defeated his key rival Tapesh Roy with a huge margin in the election held on Sunday here. More than 1,100 members had exercised franchise in the annual poll, of which Tripathy received over 900 votes.
Besides, Pragati Mohanty was elected as the vice-president of the club, Ashok Mishra as the secretary and Ripul Patnaik as joint secretary. Six more candidates were elected as Executive Committee (EC) members of the club.