In the fray for Sports Club of Gujarat polls, candidate seeks ban on non-veg items on menu

Ahmedabad-based businessman Rajesh Pravin Brahmbhatt, who announced his candidature for the predetermination to 1 of the six seats, astatine a property league connected Tuesday, said his precedence was “to halt serving non-veg nutrient successful the club”.

Brahmbhatt is contesting connected the single-member Parivartan Panel. The different six candidates are from the different panel. The six seats are portion of the 18-member elected committee of the club, of which one-third retired this twelvemonth successful accordance with The Companies Act. Two of the posts are ex-officio held by Ahmedabad politician and Ahmedabad Municipal commissioner.

The club’s members see 9,000 voters including 7,000 from Ahmedabad and others from crossed India and different countries. However, nine officials said that the mean ballot number has been astir 1,500.

Brahmbhatt, who claimed that the existent medication had tried to “cajoled” him into pulling retired of the race, said, “I stood my ground. I told them that I’m not funny successful the elections… conscionable region the non-vegetarian nutrient items from the club.” “I person besides fixed an exertion to the nine regarding the same,” said Brahmbhatt whose main people is 1 of 3 eateries located successful the club.

Brahmbhatt claimed that helium sought prohibition connected non-vegetarian nutrient items “on the insistence of members”. He besides provided a transcript of the edifice paper to each media persons connected Tuesday.

Chairman of the four-member Scrutiny Committee that conducts the voting, Sudhir Nanavati, told The Indian Express that the Sports Club volition clasp its Annual General Meeting (AGM) connected September 28.

“Voting volition instrumentality spot successful 2 forms, online and physical. While online voting volition beryllium held from September 25-28, carnal voting volition instrumentality spot connected September 29. Each eligible elector has to compulsorily ballot for six candidates retired of seven, 1 for each vacant post, different the ballot is considered invalid,” said Nanavati.