Uncertainty prevails in J&K Congress because it awaits new president forward of state polls
By PTI
JAMMU: Uncertainty prevailed over the appointment of recent Jammu and Kashmir Congress president with occasion leaders right here Sunday expressing reservations towards the reported finalisation of the title of an MLA for the publish although there was no official announcement.
A bit of the media has reported {that a} junior chief has been finalised by the Congress management in New Delhi after Gulam Ahmed Mir relinquished the publish Wednesday.
Former minister and senior Congress chief G M Saroori instructed reporters right here Sunday the title being reported by the media is “not acceptable to us”.
“We have conveyed this to our central leaders including Rahul ji and Sonia Gandhi. We have made a request to them over the issue,” he mentioned.
Mir was appointed J&K Congress chief in March, 2015, however the state unit has been battling an infighting for a very long time, with a gaggle owing allegiance to senior Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Several Azad faction leaders had resigned their posts in assist of their demand urgent for a change within the management in J&K final yr.
Saroori, a staunch Azad loyalist, mentioned each the teams are towards the title that was reported by the media as the following state Congress chief.
“He is the most junior of all.I do not know who is with him.”
“Neither any leader from Kashmir nor from Jammu has acceptance over his name. None of the six sitting MLAs is with him. Just talk to anyone,” the previous Minister mentioned.
Batting strongly for a consensus title, he mentioned there are a number of senior and younger leaders within the occasion fitted to the publish and appointing the MLA will additional deteriorate the state of affairs.
“We want the party to be strengthened. Groupism should end. We want the party to face elections with a strong leadership in J&K. But what can he do in elections? He is not acceptable to us,” Saroori mentioned.
Amid the continuing bother, the Congress excessive command is believed to be in contact with the management in Jammu and Kashmir to iron out factional variations, earlier than Assembly elections are introduced.
