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Uncertainty prevails in J&Okay Congress because it awaits new president forward of state polls

By means of PTI

JAMMU: Uncertainty prevailed over the appointment of latest Jammu and Kashmir Congress president with celebration leaders right here Sunday expressing reservations in opposition to the reported finalisation of the title of an MLA for the put up regardless that there was once no reliable announcement.

A bit of the media has reported {that a} junior chief has been finalised by way of the Congress management in New Delhi after Gulam Ahmed Mir relinquished the put up Wednesday.

Former minister and senior Congress chief G M Saroori instructed journalists right here Sunday the title being reported by way of the media is “now not applicable to us”.

“We now have conveyed this to our central leaders together with Rahul ji and Sonia Gandhi. We now have made a request to them over the problem,” he mentioned.

Mir was once appointed J&Okay Congress leader in March, 2015, however the state unit has been combating an infighting for a very long time, with a gaggle owing allegiance to senior Congress chief Ghulam Nabi Azad.

A number of Azad faction leaders had resigned their posts in toughen in their call for urgent for a transformation within the management in J&Okay remaining yr.

Saroori, a staunch Azad loyalist, mentioned each the teams are in opposition to the title that was once reported by way of the media as the following state Congress leader.

“He’s probably the most junior of all.I have no idea who’s with him.”

“Neither any chief from Kashmir nor from Jammu has acceptance over his title. Not one of the six sitting MLAs is with him. Simply communicate to somebody,” the previous Minister mentioned.

Batting strongly for a consensus title, he mentioned there are a number of senior and younger leaders within the celebration fitted to the put up and appointing the MLA will additional go to pot the scenario.

“We would like the celebration to be bolstered. Groupism will have to finish. We would like the celebration to stand elections with a powerful management in J&Okay. However what can he do in elections? He isn’t applicable to us,” Saroori mentioned.

Amid the continued hassle, the Congress prime command is thought to be involved with the management in Jammu and Kashmir to iron out factional variations, prior to Meeting elections are introduced.