As many as 53 nominations were filed for the post of working committee member of Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) till Saturday, the last day for filing nominations for the elections. Five names have also been received for the post of Regional Vice Presidents.
According to a press release issued by the Election Committee Chairman lalit Kedia, all the nominations filed were valid and August 24 has been fixed as the last date for taking back nominations.
leading businessman of the State and social activist Pawan Bajaj also filed his nomination for working committee member on Friday. Bajaj, the leader of his group, was accompanied by his supporters while filing nominations.
Bajaj besides a successful businessman has also been involved in social services in Jharkhand and was also entrusted with several important responsibilities during his career. “Today, I filed nominations for Chamber elections,” Bajaj said. ‘Bhumi pujan’ for the office for election purposes will be done in Pulsar Plaza on line Tank Road in Ranchi, added Bajaj.
Bajaj who had been two time former Treasurer of FJCCI and a former Charter President of lions Club of Ranchi Capital, also has a credit of getting Chamber building inaugurated by the then Union Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha during his tenure. He has also been President of Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Association of India (CREDAI) Jharkhand.
He has also been a Joint Secretary of CREDAI for four years and is presently serving as an executive committee member of Agrawal Sabha and executive trustee of Chinmaya Mission Trust, Ranchi.
The Pawan Bajaj group in the elections is supported by Mamraj Agrawal, Sunil Kumar Poddar, Deepak Agrawal, Sureshchandra Agrawal, Narendra Kumar Tikmani, RS Agrawal, RK Chaudhary, Jai Prakash Singhania, RD Singh, Prakash Bajaj, Ajay Khanuja, Ashwinin Kumar Rajgardhia, Ajay Khnuja, Anil Kumar, Kishor Mantri, RK Gadodia, Mukul Taneja, Jagmohan Prasad, Pramod Chaudhary and Saket Sarraf among others.