India-born MP, hotelier win Pride of Punjab awards

India-born MP, hotelier win Pride of Punjab awards

London, April 23 : NRIs Virendra Sharma, Labour MP from Ealing and Southall, and Surinder Arora, founder chairman of the Arora Hotels, have won ‘Pride of Punjab Award’ 2017 for their outstanding contribution to the communities in the UK.
Britain’s Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Sajid Javid MP, presented the awards to them at the annual dinner of the Punjabi society of the British Isles on Thursday night.
The citation for Sharma lauded his outstanding services to the communities as MP for Ealing Southall in the past decade and prior to that as local Councillor in the London Borough of Ealing from 1982-2010.
Born in India in 1947 and educated at the London School of Economics on a trade union scholarship, Sharma started his career as a bus conductor, before working as a day services manager for people with learning disabilities in Hillingdon.  He was Race Equalities Officer to the Labour Party nationally.
“I am proud to receive the Pride of Punjab Award and will carry on serving not only the Punjabi community but the entire British community globally,” Sharma said.
The citation for Arora spoke about his outstanding contribution to the society and his philanthropic work. “Surinder Arora came to Britain in 1972 and began his career working as a waiter in a hotel he subsequently bought.

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