Srinagar: The Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries (KCC&I) on Tuesday elected its new executive committee with 21 candidates in the fray emerging victorious.
Sources said that 42 candidates were in the poll fray today of whom 21 emerged victorious.
They said the highest number of votes (453) were bagged by Akib Chaya followed by Umar Nazir Tibatbaqal(444).
Besides these two, Aashaq Hussain Shangloo, Faiz Ahmad Bakshi, Javid Ahmad Bhat, Amir Manzoor, Muzaffar Majid Jan, Ashfaq Ahmad Zahgeer, Farooq AhamdKuthoo, 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 also emerged victorious.
The elections were held under the supervision of Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Registrar J&K High Court Judicial, Government of J&K and the Election Committee of KCC&I.
Sources said that 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.
