Vikar Rasool is new PCC president
Nishikant Khajuria
JAMMU, Aug 16: Alleged half hearted approach of the Congress high command to placate Ghulam Nabi Azad boomeranged when he resigned from the chairmanship of newly constituted JKPCC Campaign Committee immediately after AICC President approved constitution of various committees and appointed Vikar Rasool Wani as new President of Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee.
Even as the name of Vikar Rasool as new PCC President was forwarded by none other than Ghulam Nabi Azad, sources told the Excelsior that he was purportedly annoyed over the way Congress high command allegedly mistreated him despite his services to the party for around four decades.
“Azad was not taken into confidence by the party high command while constituting the JKPCC Committees and his reaction is all set to be followed by resignation of majority of his loyalists in Jammu Kashmir Congress,” sources said, adding that the leader who remained AICC Working Committee member for 37 years and considered as one of the tallest leaders of the country, was apparently not given due recognition by his own party men at the helm of affairs.
Sources further said that Mr Azad was disappointed over the way Congress high command did not give an ear to his suggestions for strengthening the party at grass root level.
Earlier, ending uncertainty of more than a month, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today appointed Vikar Rasool Wani as the new President of Jammu Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) after accepting the resignation of Ghulam Ahmad Mir.
Besides repeating Raman Bhalla as the PCC Working President, Sonia Gandhi also approved the constitution of various committees, including the significant Campaign Committee and Ghulam Nabi Azad as its Chairman thus giving an impression that the latter was given a free hand with regard to J&K affairs.
Last month, the Excelsior had exclusively reported that Vikar Rasool Wani was likely to be new PCC President replacing G A Mir while Ghulam Nabi Azad would get free hand by the Congress high command to deal with the party affairs in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to an official handout, issued today by the AICC General Secretary (organization), K C Venugopal, Congress President accepted the resignation of Ghulam Ahmed Mir from the post of President JKPCC.
“Hon’ble Congress President has also appointed President and Working President and approved the constitution of Campaign Committee, Political Affairs Committee, Coordination Committee, Manifesto Committee, Publicity & Publication Committee, Disciplinary Committee and Pradesh Election Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee, with immediate effect,” reads the handout.
The newly constituted Campaign Committee comprised Ghulam Nabi Azad as Chairman, Tariq Hamid Karra as Vice-Chairman, G M Saroori as Convenor and G A Mir, Tara Chand, Thakur Balwan Singh, T S Bajwa, Shabir Khan, Neeraj Kundan, Abdul Majeed Wani and Fairoz Khan as the Members. PCC President and Working President will be the Permanent Invitees.
However, the nine-member Political Affairs Committee comprised Tariq Hameed Karra as the Chairman while Ghulam Nabi Azad, G A Mir, Saifuddin Soz, Peerzada Mohd Sayeed, Taj Mohiyuddin, Tara Chand, Mula Ram and Khemlata Wakhlu are the members.
Disciplinary Committee is headed by Taj Mohi-uddin as the Chairman, K K Pangotra as Vice-Chairman and Shah Mohammad Choudhary as Convener while Thakur Balbir Singh, Kanta Bhan, Pranav Shagotra and Abdul Ghani Khan are the members.
While Pradesh Election Committee is headed by PCC President as the Chairman, Working President, G A Mir, Tara Chand, Taj Mohi-yuddin, G M Saroori, Mula Ram, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Shabir Khan, Ravinder Sharma, Thakur Balbir Singh, Gulzar Ahmed Wani, Anwar Bhat, Abdul Majeed Wani, Choudhary Mohd Akram, Yogesh Sahni, S H Channi, Manmohan Singh, Chaudhary Shahnawaz and Advocate Deepika Singh Rajawat are its members.
The Coordination Committee comprised G A Mir as Chairman, Dr Manohar Lal as Vice-president, Yogesh Sahni as convener and Jugal Kishore Sharma, Basheer Ahmed Magre, Raman Matoo, Indu Pawar, Mohammad Ami Bhat, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar, Abdul Majeed Wani and Shahnawaz Choudhary as the members.
The Manifesto Committee comprised Prof Saifuddin Soz as the Chairman, Advocate M K Bhardwaj as the Vice-Chairman, Ravinder Sharma as Convener and Naresh Gupta, Ghulam Nabi Monga, Zahida Khan, Shameema Raina, Jahangir Mir, Manzoor Ahmed Ghani, Dr Jahazaib Sariwal, Iftikhar Ahmed and Vikram Bhandari as the members.
Publicity and Publication Committee is headed by Mula Ram as the Chairman. S S Channi is its Vice-Chairman and Rashid Choudhary Convenor while Ashok Sharma, Vinod Mishra, Bashir Ahmed Khan, Imran Zafar, Satish Sharma and Uday Bhanu Chib are the members.
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