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oi-Gaurav Sharma
The Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) concluded its re-election process on Saturday, which was overshadowed by a power struggle resulting in mass resignations, legal battles, and even police intervention at the association’s offices.
The actress Upasana Singh emerged victorious with 360 votes, finishing first in the re-election. Sahila Chaddha came in second with 357 votes.
The Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) concluded its re-election, with Upasana Singh winning with 360 votes and Sahila Chaddha second at 357. The process was marred by mass resignations in August, legal challenges regarding panel authority, and police intervention at the office.
The actress Vikas Verma and Deepak Parashar came in third and fourth places with 349 and 348 votes, respectively. Kunickaa Sadanand and Varsha Usgaonkar Sharma got 312 and 306 votes, and Nagma Moraji received 290 votes, coming in fifth. Nirmai Bali and Arjun got 266 and 250 votes, respectively, and came in sixth and seventh.
Asmaan Tahlim, Shehzad Khan, Manish Kumar Chaturvedi, Sapan Kumar Bhattacharya, Ramtumar Singh, and Ramakant Borude came in eighth to thirteenth places with 237, 234, 219, 197, 184, and 176 votes, respectively.
After the election results were announced, Nagma expressed gratitude to the CINTAA members for voting for her candidates and calling the victory a victory of trust since the members believed in the candidates. The videos also showed that members of the winning panel gave each other tight hugs and presented flowers to one another.
The controversy erupted in the CINTAA after 11 members, including eight elected members of the 21-member committee, resigned in August. The resigned members cited a lack of consensus and consultation in the CINTAA’s decision-making process, as well as alleged violations of the bylaws.
Further disagreements broke out over whether the resignations marked the end of the re-election panel’s powers. The CINTAA’s re-election panel was formed, but it was challenged in court by Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure, who argued that the re-election panel did not have the authority to act. However, the plea was rejected.
On Friday, police were called to the CINTAA office after reports of the removal of documents. Police could be seen berating members and asking them to stop bruising their egos.
Both sides claimed to be protecting the CINTAA members’ interests and information.
Now that the re-election has taken place, the new CINTAA panel will have to deal with restoring order in the association.
