In the polling of Dehradun Bar Association held at its campus on Tuesday, around 1,988 out of 2,486 members voted to elect representatives for various posts of DBA. The polling started at 9.30 am and continued till 4.30 pm at the court campus. The videography of all election process was done to maintain transparency, said DBA election officer Bl Gurang.
A total of 35 candidates are in the fray for 11 different posts of DBA election. The counting started after 5 pm. Counting was on while this story was being filed. Gurang said that the polling was peaceful and the results were expected to be declared by 10 pm. Five candidates each are in the fray on the post of president and secretary in the election. Five candidates who are contesting election for the post of president are Anupama Gautam, Mukesh Mahindra, Rajeev Sharma, Shiv Charan Singh Rawat and Surendra Pundir. Five candidates who are contesting election for the post of secretary are Ajay Bisht, Anil Kumar Sharma, Anil Pandit, Prakash T Pal and Raghubeer Singh Kathait. Two members - lalit Bhandari and RS Bharti -are fighting election for the post of librarian.