Overview
- The resignations were confirmed by General Secretary Upasana Singh on Monday, August 10, 2026, with 11 members stepping down and eight of them identified as elected Executive Committee members.
- The resigning bloc accused President Poonam Dhillon and Senior Vice‑President Padmini Kolhapure of concentrating power, making unilateral decisions, representing the association without EC approval, and introducing privately engaged lawyers as CINTAA lawyers.
- CINTAA’s legal counsel Adv. Suvigya Vidyarthi rejected claims that the EC has dissolved, saying the constitution requires more than 50% of elected members to resign and that vacancies were filled by next‑in‑line vote counts.
- An Extraordinary General Meeting called by the opposing group is being contested as illegal by Upasana Singh, turning the dispute into a procedural fight over resignations, acceptance of vacancies, and the validity of meetings and appointments.
- The eight named elected members who resigned are Hemant Pandey, Mukesh Rishi, Sahila Chadha, Hetal (Heta) Parmar, Puneet Issar, Vindu Dara Singh, Vikas Verma and Deepak Parashar, and the conflict could affect member welfare work and trigger formal legal or registrar intervention.