Azad-led DAP announces office bearers; 3 ex-ministers appointed as Vice-Chairmen

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Jammu: Nearly three months after launching his party, Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday appointed three former ministers — Tara Chand, Peerzada Mohd Sayeed and G M Saroori — as vice-chairmen of the party.
Salman Nizami was given the responsibility of the chief spokesperson of the DAP.
Azad also named Jugal Kishore Sharma and Mohammad Amin Bhat as the provincial presidents for Jammu and Kashmir regions, respectively.
The party also announced the names of 10 new general secretaries, 12 secretaries, six spokespersons and media coordinators-cum-additional spokespersons and four social media coordinators.
Azad, 73, who quit the Congress on August 26, launched the DAP in Jammu on September 26 with the support of dozens of former ministers, ex-legislators and other prominent leaders, majority of whom also resigned from the Congress in his support.
On October 1, Azad was unanimously elected as the chairman of the DAP following a resolution passed at a founder members’ session, which was held both in Jammu and Srinagar.
Two days later, former ministers — Taj Mohi-ud-din and R S Chib — were appointed as treasurer and general secretary, respectively, for smooth functioning of the party.
Announcing the office bearers of DAP state committee J-K, Azad appointed former deputy chief minister Tara Chand and Peerzada Mohd Sayeed and G.M Saroori as party’s vice chairmen.
M K Bhardwaj, Aslam Goni, Manzoor Ganai, Muzaffar Parrey, Abdul Gani Ahangar and Salman Nizami were appointed as six working committee members, the party said, adding Mohiuddin and Chib will continue to be treasurer and general secretaries as appointed earlier. Imran Zafar, Sujada Bashir, Nirmandeep Singh, Sanjay Manhas, Firdous Nabi and Sharik Saroori have been nominated as Spokespersons while Vishal Chopra (Print media), Ashwani Handa (Electronic media), Waseem Dar (Kashmir), Advocate Heena Sultan (Kashmir), Randeep Bhandari (Chenab Valley), Sanam Shah (Peer Panchal) as Media Coordinators & Additional Spokespersons and Ashutosh Raina, Rehana Anjum, Wasim Ganai and Raja Haq Sohil as Social Media Coordinators.
The party said all vice chairmen, general secretaries, treasurer and both provincial presidents would be members of the working committee, while all secretaries will be special invitees to the committee. Chib will be general secretary in-charge media and communication department, it said.