nChhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been nominated as President of the Chhattisgarh Olympic Association (CGOA) with the formation of a new executive body on Saturday.
The election process was held during a Special General Body meeting at a private hotel in the state capital Raipur.
The earlier body's tenure had ended in October 2018. The election was postponed twice due to the Covid-19 lockdown. The polling was held for the lone seat of Treasurer.
According to the list of new CGOA released to the media, the Secretary General is Gurucharan Singh Hora.
The 10 Vice Presidents are: Devendra Yadav, Vinod Chandrakar, Vijay Agrawal (Durg), Bashir Ahmed Khan, Gajraj Pagaria, Dr A. Farishta, Akhil Kumar Dhagat, Sharad Shukla, G.S. Bambra and Kailesh Murarka.
The six Joint Secretaries are: Dr Vishnu Shrivastava, Arun Kumar Diwvedi, Abhijit Mishra, Vijay Agrawal, Engg N.R. Parasher and Manish Shrivastava.
Sahee Ram Jakhar was elected the Treasurer. Out of the total 60 votes polled, Mohemmed Firoz Ansari got 8 votes while Sahee Ram polled 52 votes.
The 12 Executive Members are Kamaljeet Arora, Dr Alok Dubey, Thakur Anand Mohan Singh, Peeyush Bhatia, R.K. Shrivastava, Anil Pusadkar, V. R. Channawar, Dr Ayaz Ahmed Khan, Jagannath Yadav, Javed Ahmed Khan, Rajesh Janghel and Shiv Prasad Kapse.
According to the decision taken in the special general body meeting, as part of preparation for the National Games in Chhattisgarh, additional posts were created -- four each of Associate Vice President, Associate Joint Secretary and Associate Executive Member.
The Associate Vice Presidents are Atal Shrivastava, Anwar Dhebar, Arun Singhania and Thakur Ajay Singh while the Associate Joint Secretaries are Manoj Kumar Agrawal, D. Kondaiah, R. Rajendran and Ashish Yadav and the Associate Executive Members are Jitendra Tiwari, D.S. Christopher, R.K. Sahani and Kumar Yogesh.