Tariq Hameed Karra appointed new J&K Congress president

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, August 16

The Congress party on Friday appointed Tariq Hameed Karra as president of the party’s state unit for Jammu & Kashmir. Karra has replaced Vikar Rasool Wani as the party’s Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also appointed two working presidents for Jammu and Kashmir — Tara Chand and Raman Bhalla — as the party gets battle ready for Assembly election in the Union Territory, the dates of which were announced by the Election Commission of India on Friday.

Kharge has also appointed Wani as a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) with immediate effect. Karra has been relieved from his current position as permanent invitee to the CWC, the party said in a statement.

“The party appreciates the contributions of the outgoing Pradesh Congress Committee president Vikar Rasool Wani,” the statement said. Jammu and Kashmir will vote in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1. Results will be announced on October 4.