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MLA Mathura Prasad Mahto elected President of Jharkhand Taekwondo Association

  Dhanbad, Dec 1: JMM MLA Mathura Prasad Mahto has been elected the new president of the Jharkhand State Taekwondo Association, succeeding…

MLA Mathura Prasad Mahto elected President of Jharkhand Taekwondo Association

 

Dhanbad, Dec 1: JMM MLA Mathura Prasad Mahto has been elected the new president of the Jharkhand State Taekwondo Association, succeeding High Court advocate Ravi Kumar. The election took place during the Association’s annual general meeting held in Dhanbad on Sunday evening.

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Rajya Sabha MP Mahua Maji was chosen as the new Chairperson, replacing the late Shibu Soren. The Association had earlier approached Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s wife, Kalpana Soren, to take up the role of Patron, but she declined the request.

Given MLA Mahto’s busy schedule, Sensai Gopal Prasad of Jamshedpur has been appointed Executive President to assist in day-to-day functioning.

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General Secretary Sanjoy Kumar Sharma stated that senior advocate Harihar Nath Sharma served as the Chief Electoral Officer and that all office bearers were elected unanimously. Representatives from all 24 districts participated in the meeting.

Jharkhand Olympic Association observer Rajendra Prasad and Joint Secretary Chandreswar Kumar supervised the election process.

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New Office Bearers

Chairperson: Mahua Maji (MP)
Executive Chairperson: Mithilesh Kumar Singh (Ranchi)
President: Mathura Prasad Mahto (MLA)
Executive President: Gopal Kumar (Jamshedpur)

Vice Presidents:

  • Advocate Prabhat Sharma (Dhanbad)
  • Vijay Shankar Viswakarma (Jamtara)
  • Ashok Kumar (Koderma)

Associate Vice Presidents:

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  • Swapan Ganguli (Dhanbad)
  • Manohar Singh (Jamshedpur)
  • Vijay Bharti (Bokaro)

General Secretary: Advocate Sanjoy Kumar Sharma (Bokaro)

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Joint Secretaries:

  • Sumir Kumar Sharma (Jamtara)
  • Kamlesh Kumar Pandey (Dhanbad)
  • Smita Anand (Dumka)
  • Ajay Kumar Mahto (Lohardagga)
  • Amit Swarnkar (Giridih)
  • Puja Kaur (Saraikela)

Associate Joint Secretary: Pranab Kumar (Bokaro)

Treasurer: Laxmi Kant Sinha (Dumka)

Executive Members:
Amar Bauri (Dumka), Bhola Mahto (Bokaro), Girdhari Yadav (Deoghar), Hemant Kumar (Hazaribagh), Deepak Meisi (Deoghar), Kuldeep Ravi (Lohardagga)

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