Chandigarh 27 , Sanjay Pahwa : Naveen Grewal of The Tribune Publication won the Press Club President election by 5 voes in a close contest against Nanki Hans of the same orgnisation.
In a neck to neck fight Jagtar Singh Sidhu group mange to win all the seats except one . This time it was the prestige issue of Jagtar Singh Sidhu panel due to ongoing fight with The Tribune Trust Management. After the victory of Press club sidhu panel proves that maximum tribune group employees are with them.
Nirupma Dutt managed to win the Vice president election against Nisha due to her popularity among women journalist and another factor was she had worked with Both the leading news papers of North India, The tribune and Indian express.
Vinay Malik of The Tribune Publication was supported by All the Photojournalist of the region gave good fight to Sukhbir Bajwa for the post of Senior Vice president but Sukhbir Bajwa experience come to his rescue and he become the senior vice president.
The other winners are Nalin Acharya for the post of Secretary General, Avtar Singh from Punjabi Tribune for the post of Secretary, Vikrant Parmar from The tribune for the Joint Secretary, Manvir Saini from Times of India for the post of Vice president, Khushal lali for the post of Joint Secretary, Jaswant Rana from Dainik Tribune for the post of Treasure.
Congratulation Mr Grewal, But this time it was a tough contest , it is threat to Sidhu group for Press club politics.
Good luck !
Pankaj