JK Congress passes resolution urging Rahul Gandhi to lead party as President

Jammu, Sept 19: PCC delegates of Jammu and Kashmir Monday unanimously urged Rahul Gandhi to lead the party as next President, a statement from the party said.
According to the statement, the resolution was moved by the JKPCC President Vikar Rasool Wani held under chairmanship of PRO Ranjit Ranjan MP in the presence of AICC incharge JK affairs Rajni Patil, MP.
The resolution was seconded by working-president Raman Bhalla and passed unanimously by the raising of hands 170 out of 172 delegates of Jammu province attending the meeting.
Earlier, the AICC PRO Ranjit Ranjan moved a resolution authorising Congress President to nominate/elect new PCC President and AICC members from Jammu and Kashmir.
The resolution was seconded by Vikar Rasool passed unanimously by the house. Former PCC president G A Mir, APRO Sukhwant Singh Brar, Former Minister Mula Ram, Senior Leaders Ravinder Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney, Th Manmohan Singh, Th Balbir Singh, Shabir Ahmed Khan, Ved Mahajan,Gurbachan Rana, Indu Pawar, Kanta Bhan, Rajnish Sharma,Pranab Shagotra, Karan Bhagat, Dina Nath Bhagat, Krishan Bhagat, Ashok Dogra, Hari Singh Chib, Pankaj Dogra, Rajesh Sadhotra, Sheikh Mujeeb, Sanjeev Sharma, Shashi Sharma, Pawan Raina, Parveen Akhtar, Udey Chib,Shiv Kumar Sharma, Dwarka Chuadhary, Gurdarshan Singh, Suresh Dogra, Nadeem Niaz, Rajveer Singh, Ashok Gupta, Kuldeep Verma, Deepika Rajawat, Kapil Singh, Sahil Sharma, Manjit Jatt, Kamal Singh, Ritu Chaudhary Rajinder Singh, Rajesh Gupta, Anil Chopra, Ch Aiyaz Ahmed, Satish Sharma, K D Sudan, Isher Singh, Som Raj Heer, Kajol Rajput, Javed Lone, Surinder, Sonu Dogra, Jatin Vashisht, Amrit Bali, Atul Sharma,Chander Shekhar, Thomas Khokhar, Jhangiv Sirwal, Munshi Ram Salalia,Amrit Kour, Satish SharmaAshok Bakshi, Shakeel Shah, Manav Upadhaya, Dwarka Prashar, apart from several former legislator, Corporators, Councillors DDC and BDCs and l other delegates from different blocks attended and addressed the gathering.
Rajni Patil in her address launched a scathing attack on Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad for ditching the party after enjoying all important positions in the party for fifty years.
She said that the party will emerge stronger in the days to come in Jammu and Kashmir as new leadership emerges. Ranjit Ranjan in her address advised the party members to strengthen the Congress party taking a jibe on Azad, that “he has become Ghulam after fifty years.”
She said that Rahul Gandhi has attracted unexpected responses during his ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’.
Vikar Rasool Wani expressed confidence that the party will emerge stronger despite defections by some opportunists in the party, who enjoyed all powers. He asked the young and loyal party leaders and workers to come forward to lead the party. Raman Bhalla in his address lashed out at the BJP government led by Narinder Modi for taking away all our exclusive rights to land and jobs and status of statehood.