Adityapur Small Industries Association election on Aug 7

Jamshedpur, Aug 5: Adityapur Small Industries Association ( ASIA), one of the largest and oldest industry association of Jharkhand state is all set to go to polls on August 7.
The biennial elections will take place for the post of president as for all the other posts of office-bearers the candidates have been elected unopposed.
Two candidates are in the fray –Santosh Khaitan and Rajiv Ranjan. Both of them are currently the vice-presidents of the leading industry outfit of the region. They are in the contest for the prestigious post of the president currently held by industrialist Inder Agarwal.
In all there are eleven posts of office bearers – four secretaries, four vice-presidents, a general secretary, a treasurer and the president.
Agarwal confirmed that except for the post of the president, all the other office bearers have been elected unopposed.
The elections will take place through secret ballot. In all there are about 700 bonafied members comprising industrialists and entrepreneurs, who takes part in the biennial polls.