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| Amid delay in announcing district presidents, Cong leaders camp in Delhi to lobby for posts | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 21: Amid the inordinate delay in the announcement of new district presidents of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress, several senior leaders and aspirants have been camping in New Delhi, seeking to leverage the influence of their political mentors at the national capital to secure key organisational positions.
Those aspiring to become district presidents, along with influential senior leaders, are learnt to be stationed in Delhi to push their candidature, even as the party leadership continues to withhold the final list of appointments.
As reported earlier, despite the completion of the selection process for district presidents under the Congress party’s Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan, the leadership has refrained from making the appointments public amid apprehensions that the move could trigger fresh infighting within the party.
Highly placed sources said that all 21 AICC observers appointed for the party’s organisational districts in Jammu and Kashmir have completed the exercise and submitted their recommendations. However, the announcement has been deliberately delayed, with the leadership fearing that the declaration of names could open a “Pandora’s box” of factional disputes.
The hesitation comes against the backdrop of protests and clashes that erupted soon after the launch of the organisational overhaul. What was intended to be a routine restructuring exercise quickly turned turbulent, with rival groups clashing at the Congress headquarters on Residency Road in Jammu on November 26. Similar protests were later reported from several areas, including Chhamb and Bishnah.
As previously reported by this newspaper, party workers have accused the leadership of “imposing” district-level leaders without adequate consultation. The workers alleged that grassroots functionaries were being sidelined in favour of individuals perceived to be close to senior leaders. Similar scenes of sloganeering and heated exchanges were witnessed during meetings chaired by AICC observers in various districts.
The Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan, launched under the direction of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge in consultation with J&K Congress in-charge Syed Naseer Hussain, aims to rebuild the party’s organisational structure by appointing new district presidents across all 21 districts of the Union Territory. However, repeated disruptions have exposed deep-rooted factionalism, particularly within the Jammu unit.
Party insiders said that while more AICC observers are expected to visit Jammu and Kashmir, the growing unrest has complicated the organisational reform exercise, posing a serious challenge to the Congress leadership’s efforts to restore unity, discipline, and credibility at the grassroots level. |
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