Excelsior Correspondent
NEW DELHI, Apr 20: A delegation of J&K Pradesh Congress Committee led by its president Ghulam Ahmed Mir met the All India Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi today and discussed latest political and organizational affairs of the State.
PCC chief along with the team of newly appointed office bearers, Legislators and heads of frontal organizations who are in Delhi in connection with Maha Kissan rally held at Ram Leela Ground, on Sunday had separate meetings with Congress leadership today.
Earlier, Mr Mir held one- to-one meeting with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and briefed about the organizational affairs and activities of the party after he (Mir) took over as PCC chief. This was the first meeting of Mir after his appointment as president J&K PCC. The two leaders also discussed latest political scenario in J&K and other related issues.
Later, the large delegation comprising of vice presidents, general secretaries, Legislators and other senior leaders including heads of frontal organizations had meeting with AICC president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi at 10-Janpath besides general secretary AICC In-charge J&K Ambika Soni and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, at his residence. Mr Azad hosted a tea at his residence for the PCC delegation.
The PCC leaders briefed the Central leadership about over all scenario in the State and the activities of the party in the recent days to highlight the issues of public importance in an effective manner both inside and outside of the State Legislature. They briefed the leadership about the efforts to galvanize and strengthen the party at the grass – root- level by gearing up activities besides launching of membership drive.
The delegation comprised of senior vice president PCC Sham Lal Sharma, CLP Leader Nawang Rigzin Jora; PCC vice presidents Raman Bhalla, Ghulam Nabi Monga-MLC, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori-MLA, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar-(MLA), Mohammad Anwar Bhat, Kanta Bhan; PCC chief spokesman Ravinder Sharma; general secretaries Mohammad Amin Bhat-(MLA), Dilldan Namgyal-(MLA), Gulzar Ahmed Wani-(MLA), Balwan Singh, Ch Shah Mohammad, Yogesh Sawhney, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Dr Manohar Lal Sharma, Manjeet Singh, Faqir Nath, Surinder Singh Channi, Manmohan Singh, Shoiab Nabi Lone, Vikram Malhotra, Hilal Ahmed Shah, Ch Shahnawaz, Namrata Sharma, Shameema Iqbal; Farooq Indrabi; Indu Pawar- Mahila Cong president, Pranav Shagotra- PYC president, Neeraj Kundan- State NSUI president, GN Mir Lasjan, Ashok Sharma, Iqbal Mir, Parveen S Khan, Pawan Raina, Manjit Singh Jatt, Ashwani Puri, Shashi Sharma, Pankaj Dogra, Salman Nizami and others.