Ahmedabad

Counting of votes for controversial Rajpath Club Board of Directors election will take place on 28th of March. The result will be first sent to the High court on Monday, 30th of March. After court’s clearance, the result will be declared later in the Annual General Meeting.

There will be 32 tables for counting. Police protection will be given to counting hall in Rajpath club campus.

Deputy Registrar, Assistant Sub Registrars and six lawyers including two senior lawyers representing both panels will conduct and supervise the counting process.

They will be paid for this task by two warring panels led by Jagdish Patel and Paresh Dani. Money will need to be deposited in court on Thursday.

Candidates will not be allowed to sit in counting hall.

The High Court has already appointed Retired Justice Mehta as observer for this election.

6,483 out of total 10,400 voters cast their votes in Ahmedabad’s Rajpath club on Sunday for the elections of 30 Board of Directors.

The election was fought between the two warring groups — Paresh Dani-led United Rajpath Panel and Jagdish Patel-led Member’s Power Panel.

Paresh Dani heads the board of Rajpath club at present. He is challenged by Member’s Power panel led by Jagdishbhai.

Voting was held today between 9 am and 6 pm. Torrent group’s Sudhir Mehta, Zydus Cadila’s Pankaj Patel, former head of Medical Council of India Ketan Desai, Sudhir Nanavati, former ministers Jay Narayan Vyas and Narhari Amin were among those who cast their votes.

Voting was held in ‘Diamond Hall’. A huge dome had been set up near the hall, where the members were screened. To be able to vote, a member had to show his identity card. Alternately, his thumb impression must match with the club’s records. Alternatively there was also a facility of on-the-spot member card issuance after scrutiny. No one with outstanding dues towards the club was allowed to vote.

An intensive 10-day-long campaigning saw Yagna, Aapki Adalat, poster war, daily dinners, daily breakfast, club members wearing campaign t-shirts, Facebook pages of both panels, jingles on FM radio channels, extensive media coverage, newspaper advertisements, and even paid news in dailies.

Each member had to cast 30 votes to elect 30 board of directors. Any of both panels will need victory of its atleast 16 candidates to govern the board.

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