India, Sept. 21 -- Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena was elected as the new president of Bhubaneswar Club, a popular hangout zone of bureaucrats and businesspersons.
Jena was elected as the president of Bhubaneswar Club by defeating Asit Tripathy, also a former Chief Secretary of Odisha, in a keenly contested election.
Jena defeated Tripathy by a margin of 18 votes. Altogether 1,774 members of the club voted in the election.
Jena managed to secure 891 votes while Tripathy got 873 votes.
Former IPS officer Lalit Das was elected as the new secretary of Bhubaneswar Club. Das defeated Tutul Kishor Das by a margin of 78 votes.
The former police officer got 918 votes while Tutul Kishor Dash was polled 840 votes....