C. Kalyan’s panel wins Producers Council polls
HYDERABAD: The Mana Panel won a majority of key posts in the Telugu Film Producers Council elections held in Hyderabad on Sunday, with C. Kalyan having already been elected president unopposed.
Mohan Vadlapatla from the Mana Panel and Damodar Prasad from the Progressive Panel were elected vice-presidents. Ammiraju and Tummalapalli Rama Satyanarayana, both from the Mana Panel, won the two joint secretary posts.
Mana Panel takes 12 of 15 executive committee seats
Chadalavada Srinivasa Rao of the Mana Panel was elected treasurer with a high margin.
Of the 15 executive committee seats, 12 went to the Mana Panel. The winners were Padmini, Asian Sunil, Mohan Goud, Shivelanka Krishnaprasad, DVV Danayya, Vamsi Nandipati, Palli Kesava Rao, Srinivasa Rao, Pullarao, Bapiraju, RK Goud and Nayeem.
Maitri Ravishankar, Niranjan Reddy and DS Rao were elected to the executive committee from the Progressive Panel. Current reports also confirm that 643 of the council’s 1,168 members exercised their franchise.
The Mana Panel and Progressive Panel contested the elections, with the former campaigning on a promise to support small-film producers.
Secretary result remains pending before court
The result for the secretary’s post has not been announced because the matter is pending before a court. Election officer Durga Prasad is expected to submit the result in a sealed cover to the court.
The secretary election result is scheduled to be disclosed in the presence of the judge on September 8, according to reports.
C. Kalyan thanked producers for supporting his panel.
“Thank you for electing our panel members with a 95% majority. We will work for the welfare of producers. We will support small producers in every possible way. We will soon hold a press conference and announce our action plan,” he said.
