Congress continues its race to decimation
Vikar Rasool new JKPCC Chief; Raman Bhalla Working President
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NEW DELHI/JAMMU: In a major shake-up of its Jammu and Kashmir unit, the Congress on Tuesday appointed Vikar Rasool Wani as the party’s J&K chief and senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad appointed as head of the campaign committee and senior member of political affairs committee. However, on late evening within few hours of the list declaration, Azad resigns from the committees, sources in Jammu said, adding, “many members in the list were appointed without his consent.
* Senior Congress leader and Ex MLA Sopore Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Muneer Mir incharge Congress party Lolab constituency resign from basic membership of the party.
* Senior Congress leader and Ex MLA Shangus Gulzar Ahmad Wani resigns from Election Committee.
* Senior Congress leader & former MLA Devsar Mohammad Amin Bhat resigns from newly
constituted coordination committee.
The Congress president has appointed Vikar Rasool Wani as President and Raman Bhalla as Working President of the J&K unit and also constituted the campaign committee, political affairs committee, coordination committee, manifesto committee, publicity and publication committee, disciplinary committee and pradesh election committee of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) with immediate effect, the statement said.
“Ghulam Nabi Azad has refused to assume the post of Campaign Committee Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir due to health reasons. He has conveyed this to the Congress leadership and has also thanked the leadership for giving him the responsibility,” a national news agency quoted Congress sources as saying.
However, a TV channel quoted sources saying that Azad saw the appointments as a demotion for him as he is already a member of the party’s all-India political affairs committee. Wani is seen to be close to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Azad, who was part of the Group of 23 leaders who wrote to Sonia Gandhi in 2020 seeking a large scale organisational overhaul. Tariq Hamid Karra will be the vice chairman of the campaign committee while G M Saroori will be its convenor. according to the statement.
The campaign committee comprises 11 leaders with PCC president and working president its permanent invitees. Gandhi also set up a political affairs committee with Karra as its chairman and it included Azad, Mir and Saifuddin Soz. The political affairs committee comprises nine leaders with AICC In-charge, PCC president and working president being permanent invitees in the panel. The party also formed an 11-member coordination committee headed by Mir, 12-member manifesto committee under the chairmanship of Soz and nine-member publicity and publication panel led by Mula Ram. A seven member disciplinary committee has been formed with Taj Mohiuddin as the chairman. A Pradesh Election Committee headed by PCC chief has also been set up.
Meanwhile, Congress President Sonia Gandhi has accepted the resignation of Ghulam Ahmed Mir from the post of President, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), a party statement said.
According to list issued by K C Venugopal, MP, General Secretary, All India Congress Committee, Campaign Committee: Ghulam Nabi Azad (Chairman), Tariq Hamid Karra (Vice Chairman), G.M. Saroori (Convenor), Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Tara Chand, Thakur Balwan Singh, T.S Bajwa, Shabir Khan, Neeraj Kundan, Abdul Majeed Wani, Fairoz Khan and PCC President and Working President will be the Permanent Invitees. Political Affairs Committee: Ghulam Nabi Azad, Tariq Hameed Karra (Chairman), Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Saifuddin Soz, Peerzada M. Syed, Taj Mohiyuddin, Tara Chand, Mula Ram, Khemlata Wakhlu and AICC In-charge, PCC President and Working President will be the Permanent Invitees.
Coordination Committee: Ghulam Ahmed Mir (Chairman), Manohar Lal (Vice Chairman), Yogesh Sawhney (Convenor), Jugal Kishore Sharma, Basheer Ahmed Magre, Raman Matoo, Indu Pawar, Mohammad Amin Bhat (Wazigund), Haji Abdul Rasheed Dar, Abdul Majeed Wani and Shanawaz Chaudhary.
Manifesto Committee: Prof. Saifuddhin Soz (Chairman), Adv M.K. Bharadwaj (Vice Chairman), Ravinder Sharma (Convenor), Naresh Gupta, Ghulam Nabi Monga, Zahida Khan, Shameema Raina, Jahangir Mir, Manzoor Ahmed Ghani, Dr. Jahazaib Sariwal, Iftikhar Ahmed and Vikram Bhandari.
Publicity And Publication: Mula Ram (Chairman), S.S. Channi (V ice Chairman), Dr. Rashid Chaudhary (Convenor), Ashok Sharma, Vinod Mishra, Bashir Ahmed Khan, Imran Zafar, Satish Sharma and Uday Bhanu Chib.
Disciplinary Committee: Taj Mohiyuddin (Chairman), K.K. Pangotra (Vice Chairman), Shah Mohammed Chaudhary (Convenor), Thakur Balwir Singh, Kanta Bhan, Pranav Shagotra and Abdul Ghani Khan.
Pradesh Election Committee: PCC President (Chairman), Working President, Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Tara Chand, Taj Mohiyuddin, G.M. Saroori, Mula Ram, Haji Abdul Rasheed Dar, Shabbir Ali Khan, Ravinder Sharma, Thakur Balbir Singh, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Anwar Bhat, Abdul Majeed Wani, Chudhary Mohd Akram, Yogesh Sawhney, S.H. Channi, Manmohan Singh, Chaudhary Shanawaz, Adv. Deepika Pushkar Nath Singh Rejawat and Heads of all Frontal organizations will be the Special Invitees of the Pradesh Election Committee.
