17 July,2024 06:27 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Newly elected members at Mumbai Press Club. Pic/ Source Photo
The Mumbai Press Club announced the results of its biannual elections for year 2024-26. The elections were held to elect a new president, chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary, joint-secretary, treasurer, and managing committee.
Senior Journalist Samar Khadas of Maharashtra Times has been elected as the new President of the club with majority votes.
Two of the elected members Ashish S. Raje and Ashish Rane are photojournalists with Mid-Day.
Ashish S. Raje has bee elected as Joint-Secretary while Ashish Rane was elected as member of the Managing Committee.
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Other elected members include - Rajesh Mascarenhas as Chairperson, Rajanish Kakade as Vice-Chairperson, Mayuresh Ganapatye as Secretary, and Sourabh P. Sharma as Treasurer.
A ten member managing committee was also elected. The elected candidates include - Ashish Rane, Swati Deshpande, Aditya Dubey, Anurag Kamble, Rucha Khanolkar, Gaurav Laghate, Shashank Parade, Pravin Patil, Latikesh Sharma and Kiran Umrigar.
The election saw a turnout of 681 voters. The election process was supervised by Returning Officer Shaikh R. Haaris and Deputy Returning Officer Mhaske Dhondiba.