With no competitor in election fray, team Deepak Maru very convincingly won the annual election of the apex body representing trade organisations, industrial associations and chambers of commerce and industries of the State — Federation of Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FJCCI) election on Sunday. Members of team RD Singh had already withdrawn their names hence making the election a cakewalk for the Maru’s team.
As many as 26 contestants were into the fray for the chamber election. 21 members from Team Deepak Maru including five independent candidates rubbed their shoulders in the poll. The press communiqué released by the FJCCI polling official read, “Over 1,950 votes were cast this year, out of 3,150 votes. None of the independent candidates were able to crack the nut. After the team members of RD Singh withdrew their names, it was clear that team Deepak Maru will easily win the poll. The election was carried out peacefully.”
Deepak Maru, who is presently holding the post of treasurer at the FJCCI headed by Ranjeet Garodia, will be sworn in as the next Chamber President. After the annual election, subsequently, the winning team members were felicitated. Anand Jalan, Brijesh Kumar including three other candidates of RD Singh’s team contested the election independently for different office-bearer posts.
As per the vote count, Deepak Kumar Maru got 1880 votes, the highest among all while an independent candidate, Brajesh Kumar was merely able to secure 686 votes.