Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 12: As preparations for the maiden Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir have been accelerated, the Congress high command has summoned the Pradesh Congress Committee chief Vikar Rasool Wani in Delhi for an important meeting.
Highly placed sources said that the important meeting will be held in New Delhi and likely to be attended by party stalwart Rahul Gandhi.
“Earlier the Congress leadership thought that assembly elections in J&K would be delayed but now the high command has realized that elections would be held very soon”, sources said and added that the party has already asked the J&K unit to start the process of selecting potential candidates for all Assembly segments.
Highly placed sources said that Vikar Rasool Wani has been summoned to New Delhi to initiate the process of selecting candidates.
“Keeping in view the factionalism in the party, the Congress high command has also asked former PCC chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir to attend the meeting”, sources said and added that the party high command is trying to evolve a consensus among warring factions to fight the elections jointly.
Sources said that the Congress high command wants both the factions of the J&K Co The important meeting will be held in New Delhi and is likely to be attended by party stalwart Rahul Gandhi.
The Congress high command has asked the J&K unit to start the process of selecting potential candidates for all Assembly segments.
Vikar Rasool Wani has been summoned to New Delhi to initiate the process of selecting candidates.
Keeping in view the factionalism in the party, the Congress high command has also asked former PCC chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir to attend the meeting.
Notably, some Congress leaders want Vikar Rasool Wani to be removed from his position as the head of the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC). They have written to the AICC president, Mallikarjun Kharge, accusing Wani of harming the party in the Union Territory.
The Congress party has lost the two parliamentary seats in Jammu to the BJP for three terms in a row. Now, many party leaders want Wani removed, saying he ignores senior leaders, creates divisions, and causes big problems within the party.
Reports say that four letters have been sent to the AICC President and the Congress Working Committee. The first letter, dated May 7, criticized Wani for ignoring office bearers and causing internal issues. Another letter was sent to Congress Working Committee member Tariq Karra.
Former MLA Sopore Haji Rashid wrote the third letter on May 30, saying Wani ignored him during the election campaign. The fourth letter, sent on June 2 by eight general secretaries, three vice presidents, three secretaries, and a district president, detailed Wani’s alleged bad behavior. | 