Resignations

Braving the vernal equinox

An incredibly sultry morning with the sun actually transiting the equator from south to north – vernal equinox, as they say. The event is celebrated with an array of harvest festivals across communities -- Vaisakhi by the Punjabis, Poila Baisakh by the Bengalis, Rongali Bihu by the Assamese, Ugadi in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Telengana, Puthandu in Tamil Nadu, Vishu by the Malayalees and so on.
On this auspicious day, Kiran Prakash tendered his resignation from the post of secretary citing expiry of the tenure of the managing committee as the reason.

Kajal Babani

“I shall urge all the members to elect/ nominate a new managing committee who will come up with new ideas, new plans and new activities to strengthen the club,” he added in his letter.
Kiran Prakash’s resignation follows a similar move by Kajal Babani who has been holding the post of treasurer of the Club.

Kiran Prakash delivers a pep talk

Her letter of March 29, 2018 had offered to “hand over all the documents and register and accounts to the chairman or secretary” and specified that “from 30th March I am not the treasurer”. Reason: “My health is not ok”.
Both resignations are redundant. According to club rules, the managing committee stands automatically dissolved at the end of its tenure of two years but will “continue to be in office till the succeeding committee takes over”. Kiran Prakash was to therefore take Bihari Milwani aside (along with Dilip Babani who has been handling the accounts by proxy for his wife) and request him to expedite the auditing of the Club’s accounts. Only after his report is ready can the AGM be convened.
Meanwhile, nominations will have to be sought for elections to the new managing committee. Kiran Prakash impressed upon all members to take a judicious call on the Club’s future plans and programmes and ensure greater dynamism with the infusion of fresh blood. “It is high time we initiated some more activity in the Club,” he said in the course of a pep talk.

Kiran Prakash:
The resignation was submitted to expedite the process of constituting the new committee which was not moving at all.