It was Vivek Jain & Co by a head in a closely fought election to the committee of the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC). The panel led by former chairman Jain won five of the nine seats to win back the control of the Mumbai race club. The results were declared late last evening at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse.


TRIO-MPHANT: Vivek Jain (left), new chairman Zavaray Poonawalla and Champaklal Zaveri (right) are all smiles after the RWITC election results were announced at the Mahalaxmi Racecourse yesterday. Pic/Bipin Kokate

There were 11 contestants in the fray, six belonging to the Jain group, who took on the five sitting members of the Dhunjibhoy team, of which Vijay Shirke (710 votes) was voted out. Jain once again topped with 907 votes, film personality Milan Luthria (679) was the sole member of his team, who failed to qualify.