Jorawer Singh, Chandigarh, March 28, 2010: Naveen S. Garewal Panel has won the Chandigarh Press Club Annual Elections 2010 by capturing all the 9 posts right from the President to the Treasurer. In the day- long battle against the Rajesh Deol Panel, Naveen Garewal himself defeated Rajesh Deol by a margin of 98 votes. Ms. Nanki Hans stood 2nd getting 113 votes.
As per the detailsfurnished by G.C.Bhardwaj, Honorary Returning Officer, In all 431 votes were polled out of total 523 votes taking the voting percentage to a high of 82.5%. The new team at the helm of affairs at the Chandigarh Press Club now comprises of President: Naveen S. Garewal [211] Nanki Hans [113] Rajesh Deol [104] Senior Vice President: Nalin Acharya [245] Prabhjit Singh [176] Vice President –I: (Reserved for Women) Ms. Vandana Batra [230], Ms. Rajesh Sharma [189] Vice President-II: Sukhbir S. Bajwa [263] Barinder S. Rawat [161] Secretary: Manvir Singh Saini [268], Gajinder Singh [155] Secretary-General: Pritam Singh Rupal [231], Tejinder S. Sehgal [192], Joint Secretary-I Avtar Singh [262], Anil Kumar Tiwari[159] Joint Secretary-II : Vikrant Parmar [Elected un opposed] and Treasurer: Jaswant Singh Rana [283], Ramesh Brar [142]