Early Times Report
Jammu, June 6: With factional infighting in the Jammu and Kashmir Congress spilling into the public domain and rival groups openly trading charges, the party high command has summoned five senior leaders from both camps to New Delhi on Monday in an effort to defuse the growing crisis.
Highly placed sources said that the Congress leadership has called AICC General Secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hamid Karra, JKPCC working president Raman Bhalla, former JKPCC chief Vikar Rasool Wani, and former Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand for discussions in the national capital.
According to sources, the meeting is likely to be held on Monday evening, with the party leadership expected to review the ongoing organizational turmoil and hear the views of leaders from both factions.
“The high command has taken a very serious view of the recent public statements and counter-statements made by party leaders,” a source said.
The move comes against the backdrop of intensifying internal discord within the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, which recently prompted a group of senior leaders and party workers to write to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, seeking his immediate intervention in what they described as a deepening organizational crisis in the Union Territory.
In their communication to the party leadership, the dissident leaders expressed concern over the deteriorating condition of the organization and alleged that growing resentment a The move comes against the backdrop of intensifying internal discord within the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir, which recently prompted a group of senior leaders and party workers to write to AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, seeking his immediate intervention in what they described as a deepening organizational crisis in the Union Territory.
Without naming any individual, the leaders claimed that factionalism and organizational weakness had increased following the Assembly elections. They alleged that certain decisions and strategies adopted during the electoral process adversely affected the prospects of several influential Congress candidates, causing long-term damage to the party’s morale and organizational structure.
The letter also accused the current PCC leadership of failing to address concerns repeatedly raised by senior leaders and grassroots workers. According to the dissidents, instead of fostering collective leadership and strengthening the organization, an atmosphere of mistrust, discrimination and demoralization had taken root within the party.
The leaders further alleged that dedicated Congress workers were being sidelined, while individuals with little association with the party’s ideology and legacy were being accommodated in key organizational positions. Such developments, they claimed, had triggered widespread dissatisfaction among loyal workers who had stood by the party during difficult political periods.
The upcoming meeting in New Delhi is being viewed as a crucial attempt by the Congress high command to bridge differences between rival factions and restore unity within the party's Jammu and Kashmir unit ahead of future political challenges. | 