SAT Desk: The election to the Jatiya Press Club managing committee began at 9am on Thursday which will continue till 5pm.
A total of 46 candidates are contesting for 17 posts of the managing committee. Two panels led by Farida Yasmin-Omar Faruque Parishad and Sabuj-Ilyas Parishad are contesting in the election. A total of 34 candidates of these two panels are vying for 17 posts of the committee.
Besides, seven more candidates outside the panels are contesting for several posts.
Jatiya Press Club`s present general secretary Farida Yasmin and former secretary general of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalists (BFUJ) Omar Faruque are contesting for the posts of president and general secretary respectively from the Farida Yasmin-Omar Faruque Parishad
Jatiya Press Club`s former president Kamal Uddin Sabuj and former joint general secretary Ilyas Khan are contesting for the posts of president and general secretary respectively from Sabuj-Ilyas Parishad.
