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Sourjya Ranjan Parija elected as the new general secretary of Bhubaneswar Athletic Association for a two-year term here today. A football promoter, Parija defeated former Odisha Ranji captain and coach Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra by a narrow margin of three votes (44-41).
Parija replaced Manoranjan Mohanty, who, came out winner as one of the vice-presidents. Four vice-presidents, one joint generaly secretary, one treasurer, four sectional secretaries and 13 executive members were also elected today.
Out of a total of 88 members, 85 took part in the polling, which was held at Bhubaneswar Bar Association hall. Earlier, president Suresh Kumar Routray and sectional secretaries Ramesh Chandra Das (athletics), Debananda Mohanty (football), Satyabrata Nayak (basketball) and Asit Ballav Ray (kho-kho and kabaddi) were elected uncontested.
Supposed to be held last in 2004, the elections were delayed for three years. Avoiding the elections had become a malady for the apex sports body of the capital city.
OFFICE-BEARERS:
President: Suresh Kumar Routray
Vice-presidents: Atma Ballav Ray, Lalatendu Pattnaik, Santosh Kumar Das, Manoranjan Mohanty
General secretary: Sourjya Ranjan Parija
Joint general secretary: Naba Ranjan Patnaik
Treasurer: Raghunath Panda
Sectional secretaries: Debananda Mohanty (football), Ashok Kumar Patnaik (hockey), Ashok Kumar Patra (cricket), Amiya Kumar Mishra (volleyball), Sunil Pattnaik (badminton), Ramesh Chandra Das (athletics), Satyabrata Nayak (basketball), Asit Ballav Ray (kho-kho & kabaddi)
Executive members: Rajat Ballav Dash, Madhu Madhab Jena, Bibhu Ranjan Mohapatra, Dillip Kumar Patnaik, Baikunthanath Behera (all from annual members); Jayant Kumar Jena, Janaki Ballav Patnaik, Jayant Kumar Pattnaik, Ganesh Chand Pal, Radhanath Mohapatra, Rabi Narayan Moharana, Ajit Ballav Das, Nanda Kishore Patnaik (all from representatives of affiliated bodies).
LIST OF VOTERS:
Life members (5): Gopal Charan Mohanty, Manoranjan Mohanty, Sarada Charan Kanungo, Suvendu Sekhar Patnaik, Jyoti Ranjan Patnaik.
Annual members (37): Suresh Kumar Routray, Ram Narayan Patnaik, Baikunthanath Behera, Dr S R Parija, Ananda Chandra Mishra, K Ravi, Ashok Kumar Patnaik, Bibhu Ranjan Mohapatra, Sudam Charan Das, Narendra Kumar Sethi, Santosh Kumar Das, Dillip Kumar Patnaik, Jaydev Mohapatra, Basudev Garabadu, Mihir Kumar Mohanty, Ashok Kumar Mohanty, Ramesh Chandra Das, Priyanath Mishra, Nilamadhav Deo, Amiya Kumar Mishra, Rajat Ballav Das, Lalatendu Patnaik, Siba Prasad Panda, Sadananda Mohapatra, Raghunath Panda, Madhu Madhab Jena, Subhransu Kishore Mohanty, Somanath Mohapatra, Durga Prasanna Das, Asit Ballav Ray, Sanjukta Choudhury, Prabodh Kumar Choudhury, Pravat Kishore Rout, Nishikanta Patnaik, Dr S K Ray, Bhagyadhar Jagdev.
Club/institution representatives (46): Town Club (RK Khanna, PK Nayak), Capital Spots Club (Arabindanath Mitra, Sanjay Das), Orissa Secretariat Recreation Club (Nilamani Mohapatra, Sunil Patnaik), Mukteswar Club (Prakash Chandra Das, Naba Ranjan Patnaik), Club the Paramount (Ashok Kumar Patra, Pratap Kumar Jena), Kishore Sporting Club (Pradosh Kumar Mohanty, Rajat Kumar Panda), Unit-VI Athletic Association (Dillip Kumar Das, Prasanta Chandra Pradhan), Kishore Club (Debananda Mohanty, Rabi Narayan Moharana), Pragati Sporting (Nilesh Bahidar, Asit Patnaik), Club-73 (Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra, Subrat Kumar Patnaik), Goutam Youth Association (Biswa Ranjan Nayak, Asit Ballav Das), Jay Jawan Club (Prasanta Ranjan Patnaik, Manas Ranjan Nayak), Bhubaneswar XI (Janaki Ballav Patnaik, Satyabrata Nayak), Friends Club (Benudhar Mohanty, Biswanath Kar), AG Recreation Club (Nanda Kishore Patnaik, Rabi Narayan Mohanty), Bapuji Youth Association (Jayant Kumar Patnaik, Jayant Kumar Jena), Regional College of Management (Shaikh Hedayat Ali, Gopi Krushna Panda), Orissa Secretariat Employee Athletic Association (Pramod Kumar Rout, Amulya Kumar Acharya), Boulagarh Club (Radhanath Mohapatra, Pratap Kumar Mohapatra), Ekamra Mahavidyalaya (Dr Manas Ranjan Nanda, Diptimayee Nanda), S M Girls’ High School (Urmila Kanhar, Biswajita Mishra), Nayapalli Juba Parishad (Nikhila Kumar Balabantaray, Kshirod Behera), Narayani Club (Ganesh Chandra Pal, Manoj Mohapatra).
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PHOTO: Sourjya Ranjan Parija (with garland) with his supporters after being elected as the general secretary of Bhubaneswar Athletic Association on September 2, 2007.
