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Clean sweep by Duggal-Nagarkoti-Sharma panel in Chandigarh Press Club polls

Reported by:  PTC News Desk  Edited by:  Dinkle Popli -- March 28th 2022 12:17 PM
Clean sweep by Duggal-Nagarkoti-Sharma panel in Chandigarh Press Club polls

Clean sweep by Duggal-Nagarkoti-Sharma panel in Chandigarh Press Club polls

Chandigarh, March 27: Defeating Nalin Acharya of Him Prabha by a margin of 38 votes, independent journalist Saurabh Duggal on Sunday became the new president of the Chandigarh Press Club at the annual elections held here. The remaining eight positions were won by members of the Duggal-Nagarkoti-Sharma panel.

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A total of 624 votes out of the 733 eligible voters cast votes, with a poll percentage of 85, a record polling in the recent past, Returning Officer Vishal Gulati told the media. ਸੌਰਭ-ਦੁੱਗਲ-ਬਣੇ-ਚੰਡੀਗੜ੍ਹ-ਪ੍ਰੈੱਸ-ਕਲੱਬ-ਦੇ-ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ-2 For the post of senior vice-president, 349 votes were polled for Umesh Sharma of News18 who defeated photojournalist Pankaj Sharma by a margin of 83 votes. This was his fifth consecutive win. For the post of secretary general, Rajinder Nagarkoti of Times of India retained the post by defeating Rakesh Gupta of ANB News by a margin of 151 votes, the highest winning margin. This was Nagarkoti’s sixth consecutive win. For the post of vice-president I, Neha Sharma of PTC defeated Archna Sethi of Punjab Kesri by 36 votes. For the post of vice-president II, Dushyant S Pundir of The Tribune got elected by defeating Rajinder Dhawan of Dainik Tribune by 46 votes. Rajesh Dhall of Dainik Jagran is the new Treasurer by defeating Ravi Kumar Atwal of Dainik Bhaskar by 47 votes. Karnail S Rana of Punjab Kesari was elected as secretary; Mansa Ram Rawat of Punjabi Tribune was elected as the joint secretary I; and greenhorn Shreyasi Thakur of The Tribune was elected as joint secretary II. Also Read| Oscar 2022: India's documentary feature ‘Writing With Fire’ fails to bag Oscar as a result of this controversy -PTC News
 
 

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