Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU, Jan 30: The Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president, Ghulam Ahmed Mir led the Congress Party today to pay rich tributes to top Congress leader Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Chowk, Satwari in Jammu. Working president of JKPCC Raman Bhalla and other senior leaders- Ravinder Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney, Manmohan Singh, Indu Pawar, Udhey Bhanu Chib, Gurdarshan Singh, Dwarka Choudhary and various other prominent leaders attended and observed a two-minute silence. Click here to watch video Speaking on […]
SRINAGAR: There is new drama at Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) just one-and-a-half month after Mayor Junaid Mattu was elected. Now the Congress party has filed a defection petition against its 10 councillors for voting in favour of Mattu despite the party whip, which was issued in favour of Sheikh Imran, former Deputy Mayor.
The petition was filed by Basharat-bin-Qadir, the Congress’s whip issuer, before the Chief Election Commissioner on December 22, seeking disqualification of its councillors. Today (Monday), the case was heard, following which January 12 has been set as the date for filing objections to the petition.
As per the notice, which is in possession of Kashmir Reader, the defection suit has been filed against Congress councillors Shafaat Gaffar, Sara Bilal, Shameema Khan, Zahoor Ahmad Rather, Farooq Ahmad Dar, Haseena, Syeda, Rasool Hajam, Gulshan Bilal, and Showkat kak.