Oswal is industrial advisor to CM

Days after the retired Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) was appointed as advisor,home,the Punjab government on Tuesday appointed industrialist Kamal Oswal as industrial advisor to the Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal. A statement said Oswal has been appointed with immediate effect and formal orders would be issued shortly. The appointment comes barely four months before Punjab goes to polls early next year.

Oswal,who belongs to the Ludhiana-based industrial group,is presently the vice-chairman-cum-managing director of Nahar Industrial Enterprises Ltd and MD Cotton County Retail Ltd besides a director on the board of various companies such as Oswal wollen Mills,Nahar Spinning Mills,Nahar Poly films,Nahar Capital & Financial Services and Monte Carlo Fashions Ltd. He was also nominated as member of Consumer Grievance Committee of State Electricity Board.