Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 21 : After three years delay, the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) today elected its 21 new executive committee members and Javed Ahmad Tenga is likely to be new president of the chamber.
A total of 42 candidates were in the poll fray; all 21 candidates of Tenga emerged victorious.
The highest number of votes were polled by Akib Chaya with 453 followed by Umar Nazir Tibatbaqal 444.
Those who have been elected include Aashaq Hussain Shangloo, Faiz Ahmad Bakshi, Javid Ahmad Bhat, Amir Manzoor, Muzaffar Majid Jan, Ashfaq Ahmad Zahgeer, Farooq Ahamd Kuthoo, Ghulam Nabi Bhat, Fayaz Ahmad Punjabi, Altaf Ahmad Tramboo, Jagmohan Singh Raina, Mohammad Lateif Bhat, Siah Mohammad Ibrahim, Suhail Jan, Zubair Mahajan, Touseef Ahmad Bhat, Feroz Ahmad Bisati, Showkat Khan and Zahoor Hussain Alamgir.
The elections were held under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Muhammad Aijaz Asad, Registrar High Court Judicial, Government of J&K and the Election Committee of KCC&I.
The executive committee elected for the term of one-year, will now elect its body within a day.
Pertinently, the elections to elect the new executive committee have been conducted after the delay of three years due to COVID outbreak and other issues. The last election was held in 2019.
The High Court had in December last year ordered that the elections of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) be concluded within a month.