More than 800 working journalists here on Wednesday voted to select the core committee team and executive committee members for managing ‘The Ranchi Press Club’. On polling day 90 percent voters used their voting rights. Out of 884 registered members, 804 active journalists voted to elect the new managing committee team that will start functioning from January next year. The Club was recently inaugurated by Chief Minister, Raghubar Das and other dignitaries.
The first election of the Press Club was conducted peacefully in the midst of tight security arrangement. The voting process that commenced from 11:00 AM onwards continued till late evening. The procedure of counting the votes will start from 10 AM onwards on December 28 at ‘The Ranchi Press Club’.
The members of the club voted to elect president, vice-president, joint secretary, general secretary, treasurer and 10 executive committee members. The elected representatives will serve for two years with an aim to develop the club at par with the other renowned clubs working for the rights of journalists.
Giving tough competition to each other, four candidates contested for president post while five contestants rubbed their shoulders for the post of vice-president. Similarly, for the post of treasurer, four contestants competed with each other while for general secretary post; seven candidates are in the race. For the post of joint secretary, five candidates contested the election and 40 candidates contested for executive committee member seats.
Most of the candidates who contested the election claimed that their vision is to develop the club and provide a suitable platform to all working journalists to keep their stance.