Keep businesses out of any political programme: MCCI

The Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) on Wednesday submitted a nine-point proposal to the government stating that the political parties must shun confrontational politics for economic growth, poverty reduction and employment creation. The MCCI leaders also stressed that the political parties must keep businesses out of any political programme. A delegation of MCCI, led by its president Rokia Afzal Rahman, submitted the proposal to Finance Minister AMA Muhith during a meeting at his secretariat office in the afternoon, according to a news agency.