Neeraj Bagga

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, November 5

Demand for convening general house meeting of the Amritsar Games Association (AGA) Heritage Club has once again grown with a section of its members writing to the district administration to conduct the election.

The elections to the AGA Heritage Club, which upkeeps Gandhi Ground, besides a canteen and a bar for its members, were held around seven years ago. Rohit Lakhanpal, a member of the club, in a communiqué to Deputy Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Khaira, who is ex-officio chief of the club, said, “The club is in crisis and members are suffering. Employees are leaving jobs as salaries are not being paid on time. Dues are increasing. A bunch of members are playing dirty politics to delay the election.”

He submitted a fresh election schedule to the Deputy Commissioner to conduct polls on December 4, however, it did not fructify. Lakhanpal had sent his resignation to the president around two months ago, but it was not accepted. He was told to submit the constitutional report on the election process, which he submitted to SDM-1 Arshdeep Singh Lubana, who forwarded the same to the Deputy Commissioner office with his recommendation to the election.

“We have been struggling to restore a democratic atmosphere in the club. For this, it is imperative to hold general elections, which have been due for a long time.”

He alleged that there were some members with vested interests who were trying to delay the process. This is earning a bad reputation for the club, said Lakhanpal and added that these members were passing false information to the president through their political connections.

Some members have not cleared their outstanding dues, he said. DC Gurpreet Singh Khaira said the administration would certainly conduct the club’s election and added that he received the communiqué.