Those elected to various posts in the Dehradun Bar Association were administrated oath of office by former DBA president Rajeev Sharma ‘Bantu’ here on Thursday.
Manmohan Kandwal took oath as the association president. He won the election to the post securing 1,260 votes defeating his rival Rajiv Sharma Bantu by 462 votes.
The election officer Bl Gurung said that Anil Gandhi who secured 1,100 votes was elected as secretary after defeating Anil Pandit by 550 votes. Gandhi took the oath of office of the association secretary for the consecutive second time. Gandhi said that he would work for betterment of advocates and fight for their rights.
Shambhu Prasad Mamgai was elected to the post of vice- president on securing 883 votes while rival candidate Deepak Kumar came second securing 711 votes.
Bhanu Pratap Sisodiya elected joint secretary secured 692 votes and defeated Amit Dangal who had secured 376 votes. last year too, Sisodiya had won the election to the same post by a sizable margin. Among others, Ashutosh Gulati was elected to the post of auditor securing 803 votes with Manvendra Singh Rawat ending up second securing 629 votes. RS Bharti was elected to the post of librarian by securing 1097 votes while rival contender lalit Bhandari secured 715 votes.
The association informed that Raghuveer Singh Gusain won the election to the post of executive member 3+ years male, V Tripathi was elected to the post of executive member 5+years, Basant Dev Arya was elected to the post of executive member 7+ years, Vinod Kumar was elected to the post of executive member 10+ and Pramila Rawat was elected to the post of executive member 3+ female.
It should be mentioned that a total of 2,071 out of 2,676 voters exercised their franchise in the DBA election held in the court premises between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm on Wednesday. A total of 32 candidates had contested in this election this year with the results being declared late on Wednesday evening.