Ushanath elected Bengal badminton association chief

Kolkata: Ushanath Banerjee was today elected West Bengal Badminton Association (WBBA) chief for a second term in its annual general meeting here. The WBBA had 17 members out of 20 in attendance and unanimously elected the office bearers and members of the council to hold office for four years, WBBA stated in a release. The WBBA after a stay order from Calcutta High Court held AGMs for 2007-08 and 2008-09 in the presence of Bengal Olympic Association (BOA)-appointed neutral observer Debashis Banerjere. The two AGMs were originally scheduled for July 25 but could not be held after an order from Registrar of Firms, Societies and Non-Trading Corporations, claiming that the federation violated its guidelines. Subsequently, the high court stayed an order by Registrar of Firms, Societies and Non-Trading Corporations enabling the WBBA to hold their AGMs. Office bearers President: Ushanath Banerjee, Advisor: Dr Sreekumar Mukherjee, senior vice-president: Dilip Ghosh, vice-presidents: Ramen Ghosh, Pradip Mitra, Subrata Chatterjee, Swapan Bose, Krishna Das Pal, Subhashis Sarkar, Pradip Bose, general secretary: Sekhar Chandra Biswas, joint-secretary: Puspendu Dutta, joint assistant secretaries: Sitanshu Das, Tushar Kanti Mitra, Treasurer: Laltu Guha. PTI