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| Allies in Parliamentary elections, NC-Congress prepare to fight each other in CCIJ elections | | | ET Report
JAMMU, Apr 25: Coalition partners in the state Government, National Conference and the Congress, which are contesting as pre poll allies in the ensuing Parliamentary elections shall square up against each other in the forth coming elections of the Jammu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The Chamber of Commerce and Industries Jammu (CCIJ) election scheduled for June 21, is all set to witness the clash between National Conference (NC) and Congress backed candidates.
The current President of CCIJ will be facing competition from NC backed who is trying to get traders on his side.
Sources in CCIJ said that there is strong tussle between current president, Y V Sharma and Rakesh, who are on loggerheads since long and both of them are trying to gain the support of political parties.
Sharma has been trying to prove his allegiance with Congress party and during the Parliamentary elections for two seats of Jammu region; he has been reaching out to the Congress leaders and supporting them. He even attended an election rally at Doda on April 11, when Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi addressed the gathering.
Sharma had also announced support to Congress party candidate for Jammu-Poonch seat, Madan Lal Sharma and came out in open support of Congress party.
As the NC was supporting Congress candidate in Jammu region, Rakesh, who is supported by NC remained low profile and was gathering support from people and traders. He is considered to be a close associate of senior NC leader from Jammu region.
It is being observed that ahead of the Assembly elections, NC and Congress will be facing heat during CCIJ election, the date for which has been announced few days back.
Sources said that Sharma wanted election to postpone for September but it was Rakesh and his group that forced CCIJ president to announce the date.
Now, it will be interesting to know that how Congress and NC leaders will deal with the issue when they will be facing an odd situation during CCIJ election. |
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