Sports News | Banerjee, Ali Re-elected in Hockey Bengal AGM

Kolkata, Jun 28 (PTI) Incumbents Swapan Banerjee and Istiyak Ali were on Sunday re-elected as president and secretary general of Hockey Bengal in its annual general meeting here.

"The elections were slated for March 22 but due to the COVID-19 triggered national lockdown it had to be deferred," Ali told PTI.

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Banerjee and Ali's panel were re-elected for a period of four years till 2023.

The elections were conducted in presence of a Hockey India observer, who attended via video-conference, while Bengal Olympic Association had also sent its observer.

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The body was formerly known as Bengal Hockey Association, which was rechristened as Hockey Bengal as per the national federation's constitution.

Office bearers:

President: Swapan Banerjee; Senior vice-president: Nand Kishor Rai; Vice-presidents Harjot Singh and Prochy Numazar Mehta; Secretary General: Istiyak Ali; Joint-secretaries: Mohammed Khalid Hussain and Suravi Mitra; Treasurer: Anish Kumar Ghosh;

Executive committee members: Syed Allauddin, Bharat Malik and Amishi Gupta.

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