Excessive profile contests in TTFI elections

With the Returning Officer Justice Vineet Saran clearing the decks for the Desk Tennis Federation of India elections on December 5, a detailed contest is within the offing for the reason that two rival panels are cautiously assured.

Gujarat Residence Minister Harsh Sanghvi is up in opposition to Meghna Ahlawat, spouse of Haryana’s Deputy Chief Minister and outgoing President Dushyant Chautala in a battle for Presidentship.

Apparently, each first-timers should not recognized to be a part of desk tennis however one among them is about to carry the very best workplace within the governing physique of the game within the nation.

Two Maharashtra-based contenders are within the fray for Secretary Basic Kamlesh Mehta, an eight-time former Nationwide champion and a member of the Maharashtra State Desk Tennis Affiliation until not too long ago, will tackle Yatin Tipnis, the secretary of the state. After resigning from Maharashtra, Kamlesh is representing Assam in these elections.

For Senior Joint Secretary, Chandigarh’s Harish Kakkar faces Madhya Pradesh’s Pramod Soni. Equally, it is going to be a straight contest between P. Nagender Reddy (Telangana) and Ajay Sharma (Jammu & Kashmir) for the following Treasurer.

For the remaining posts, too, eager contests are anticipated.

In the meantime, in one other growth, a petition will come up for listening to within the Delhi Excessive Court docket on Friday questioning the inclusion of Bhaskar Ram within the record of voters.

As per a Delhi Excessive Court docket order, no member of the outgoing government was eligible to participate in these elections. The petitioner has prayed that since Bhaskar Ram was a Vp within the suspended Government Committee, his inclusion within the voters’ record would quantity to contempt of Court docket.