Turmoil in J&K Congress over new chief’s selection
Jammu, July 10
Uncertainty prevailed over the appointment of new J&K Congress president with party leaders on Sunday expressing reservations against the reported finalisation of the name of an MLA for the post though there was no official announcement. A section of the media has reported that a junior leader has been finalised by the Congress leadership in New Delhi after Ghulam Ahmad Mir relinquished the post on Wednesday.
Former minister and senior Congress leader GM Saroori said, “The name being reported by the media is not acceptable to us. We have conveyed this to our leaders, including Rahul and Sonia Gandhi.”
Mir was appointed J&K Congress chief in March 2015, but the state unit has been battling an infighting for a long time, with a group owing allegiance to senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.
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