On May 21, voting took place to elect a new crop of office bearers at the Press Club of India in Delhi. A day later, the results were declared – the panel led by outgoing president Umakant Lakhera had won all the seats.
While MMC Sharma, who heads the PCI’s election commission, declared the results at around 9 pm, celebrations had already broken out shortly before. Pallavi Ghosh, the secretary-general candidate from the opposing panel, had also tweeted obliquely about her side’s impending defeat.
