Farida, Shyamal elected president, general secretary of Jatiya Press Club
31 December 2022, 09:22 pm | Updated: 27 November 2024, 02:06 pm
Farida Yasmin and Shyamal Dutta have been elected as president and general secretary of the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) respectively for the next two years.
The elections were held peacefully at National Press Club premises on Saturday (Dec 31).
Farida Yasmin got 567 votes defeating her arch rival Kamal Uddin Sabuj of the pro-BNP forum candidate who got only 401 votes.
Shyamal Dutta, the candidate of pro-Awami League forum, has been elected as general secretary defeating BNP-backed candidate Ilyas Khan, who is the current general secretary of the press club. Shyamal Dutta Khan bagged 496 votes while Ilyas Khan secured 474 votes.
Hasan Hafiz has been elected as the senior vice-president bagging 559 votes while Rezwan Haque Raza has been elected as the vice president getting 583 votes.
Ashraf Ali and Ayub Bhuiyan have been elected as the joint secretaries bagging 491 and 540 votes respectively.
Chief election commissioner of JPC election Mostafa-e-Jamil announced the results at around 8pm tonight.
Earlier, the voting of JPC was held from 9am to 5pm without any break.
