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| G A Mir resigns but consensus eludes on new PCC chief | | • Serious differences crop up among Azad camp | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 6: Although Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir has resigned as president, the party high command has yet not finalized the name of any candidate due to differences among different factions.
Not only Congress is divided between Mir and Ghulam Nabi Azad factions, serious differences have cropped up among leaders who owe their allegiance to Azad. Highly placed sources said that former Minister and two-time MLA from Banihal, Vikar Rasool was the front-runner for the post of PCC chief but the high command has delayed the announcement of a new PCC chief due to differences among loyalists of Azad. “Vikar Rasool is a loyalist of Azad but his (Azad’s) other loyalists are also opposing Vikar’s name for PCC chief”, sources said and added that it was all due to opposition by Azad loyalists that the high-command is hesitating to announce Vikar’s name.
Sources said that to bring a truce between two warring factions of the party the Congress high-command has asked Ghulam Nabi Azad to suggest the name of any potential candidate to replace G A Mir.
Congress high command has decided to replace Mir to pacify annoyed loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad who have been demanding the removal of Mir.
“Instead of forwarding a single name Azad suggested names of Vakar Rasool and G M Saroori from Jammu and Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed and G N Monga from Kashmir Valley”, a source in Congress said and added that decision of the Azad to suggest four names created further confusion instead of unity in the Congress.
Sources said that name of Vikar Rasool was almost finalized and the official order was signed by K C Venugopal, AICC General Secretary (Organization) but the same was stopped at the eleventh hour due to objections raised by other loyalists of Azad.
Sources said that some Congress leaders have passed resolutions and forwarded the same to the party high command. In these resolutions, Congress leaders demanded that they should be consulted before taking any decision on appointing a new president.
Sources said that in view of prevailing chaos in the party, contenders of PCC chief namely Tariq Hamid Karra, G M Saroori, Vikar Rasool and G N Monga have been camping at Delhi. |
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