STATE TIMES NEWS
UDHAMPUR: Ashok Kumar Padha has been elected President of Udhampur District Volleyball Association in a keenly contested election held on Sunday at Senior Citizens Club Udhampur for the next 4 years (2023 to 2027) terms.
The election process has been initiated on the direction of Raj Daluja Patron-in-Chief and Sidharth Daluja President of Volleyball Association of J&K to conduct election of all the affiliated districts volleyball associations of J&K in a democratic manner for promotion of volleyball.
For the post of president secret ballot voting was held between Ashok Kumar Padha and Raj Guru which was won by Ashok Kumar Padha by two votes. Ashok Kumar Padha got 12 votes and Raj Guru got 10 votes out of total 22 votes and Ashok Kumar Padha declared President for the next term.
Amit Chander Singh was unanimously elected as Secretary for the next 4 years.
The Executive Members include Mulkh Raj, Pratap Singh, Arun Kotwal, Sudesh Kumar, Mohd Ashrat, Vinod Sharma, Amit Singh Jamwal and Manik Magotra.
The election process was held under the overall supervision of Kuldip Magotra CEO & Hardeep Singh Gill Executive Vice-President of VAJK who were nominated as observers from VAJK.
Earlier President Udhampur District Volleyball Association Raj Guru welcomed the office bearers of VAJK and gave an account of services rendered by Udhampur volleyball association during his tenure as president.
The meeting adjourned for 15 minutes to pave the way for a new election with the nomination of Vijay Kumar Magotra, General secretary of VAJK as returning officer.
Kuldip Magotra and Hardeep Singh Gill apprised the members about the election process in depth and urged all members to come forward for fair election of new office bearers of Udhampur District Volleyball Association for betterment of volleyball game.
The office bearers of VAJK expressed gratitude to outgoing team of Udhampur District Volleyball Association by Raj Guru for their contribution and exhorted the new team to work hard to explore the talented players of volleyball in Udhampur district.