Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 8: Senior vice president Sham Lal Langar and secretary general Arun Gupta from Chamber of Commerce and Industry Jammu, today dissociated themselves from the remarks of Chamber president Y V Sharma in which he has appealed people to vote in favour of a particular political party.
In a joint press statement issued here at the Chamber House here today, Mr Langar and Mr Gupta clarified that the Chamber members have nothing to do with the view expressed by Y V Sharma in a section of media on April 8, 2014. They said CCI is the forum of traders and have no affiliation with any political party. The Chamber members disassociate themselves from the view expressed by the CCI president, terming this as his personal opinion, they added.
They further claimed that every individual in the CCI is associated with different political parties and they may have their different opinions. The Chamber is an organisation working for the welfare of business community and is not directly associated with any political party. They said people are at liberty to cast their vote to any candidate of their choice and all political parties are equal for this traders’ body. They further claimed that working committee meet of CCI will be held soon to take decision regarding Chamber elections.
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