Rift widens as Azad refuses new publish as Congress marketing campaign committee chief

Express News Service

NEW DELHI: The Congress is baffled over Ghulam Nabi Azad’s refusal to just accept the place of the chairman of the 11-member marketing campaign committee for Jammu and Kashmir, which was supplied to him on Tuesday. He was additionally nominated to the political affairs committee, to be headed by Tariq Hameed Karra, for the union territories.

According to social gathering functionaries, Karra’s appointment because the chairman of the panel upset Azad, particularly since he was anticipating that the social gathering will nominate him because the chief ministerial candidate within the UT. A celebration chief stated maybe Azad was not consulted on the appointments or knowledgeable about it upfront. He added that Karra is junior to him and solely a everlasting invitee within the Congress Working Committee whereas Azad is a full-member.

However, a CWC member stated Azad was stored within the loop and most names accredited by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi have been advisable by him. 

“Azad has been attending the party meetings held on Jammu and Kashmir. He has even recommended the names for appointments in the panels. Vikar Rasool Wani has been made president. Wani was on the top of the list of four names given to Sonia Gandhi. Maybe Azad wanted full-fledged control,” stated the chief.     

NEW DELHI: The Congress is baffled over Ghulam Nabi Azad’s refusal to just accept the place of the chairman of the 11-member marketing campaign committee for Jammu and Kashmir, which was supplied to him on Tuesday. He was additionally nominated to the political affairs committee, to be headed by Tariq Hameed Karra, for the union territories.

According to social gathering functionaries, Karra’s appointment because the chairman of the panel upset Azad, particularly since he was anticipating that the social gathering will nominate him because the chief ministerial candidate within the UT. A celebration chief stated maybe Azad was not consulted on the appointments or knowledgeable about it upfront. He added that Karra is junior to him and solely a everlasting invitee within the Congress Working Committee whereas Azad is a full-member.

However, a CWC member stated Azad was stored within the loop and most names accredited by Congress chief Sonia Gandhi have been advisable by him. 

“Azad has been attending the party meetings held on Jammu and Kashmir. He has even recommended the names for appointments in the panels. Vikar Rasool Wani has been made president. Wani was on the top of the list of four names given to Sonia Gandhi. Maybe Azad wanted full-fledged control,” stated the chief.