Chandra Singh Gwal was elected as the head and Ranvir Singh Tomar was elected vice-president of the new executive of the Uttarakhand tribal welfare committee. The Uttarakhand tribal welfare committee, which is stated to be a representative organisation of the five tribal communities found in Uttarakhand held its annual conference here during the weekend. The committee’s new executive was announced at the same time.
According to the programme organisers, about 100 representatives of the five tribal communities in Uttarakannd –Bhotia, Jaunsari, Tharu, Boksa and Raji—were among those who had attended the annual meeting.
The meeting began with the former general secretary of the committee, Ranvir Singh Tomar presenting a detailed report on the varied activities of the committee in the previous year. The house was then informed that the new executive of the committee had to be elected.
Under the guidance of its patron, SS Pangti, the new office bearers of the committee’s executive were elected unanimously. While Gwal and Tomar were elected president and vice president respectively, Darshanlal was elected senior vice president, Vimla was elected general secretary, Anil tomar was elected secretary with Mangtu Singh being elected the treasurer. In addition to this, Rajendra Kutiyal was elected office secretary, Sunil Pundeer as organisation secretary, Surendra Singh Bisht as accountant and Bharat Chauhan as the official spokesman.
Further, Ganga Singh Pangti from Bageshwar, Mansingh Boksa from Sherpur area of Dehradun, Ram Singh Tomar from the Jaunsar area in Dehradun district and Ratan Singh Chaudakoti of the Raji tribal community were declared as members of the executive.
Following the selection of the office bearers, suggestions were also received regarding amendment in the bye-laws of the tribal welfare committee and increasing the number of posts in the committee.
The house also received recommendation regarding the formation of the committee’s advisory council with the names of Nrip Singh Napalchyal, Ajay Singh Nabiyal, YS Pangti, Nanakmatta MlA Prem Singh Rana, leele Singh, Sarla and others being proposed for the posts of members of the advisory council.
Speaking o the occasion, the newly elected head of the executive, on behalf of the organisation and tribal, thanked the previous office bearers for their contribution towards furthering the agenda of the committee.