Jammu, June 2 (UNI) On the second day of the Congress Shivar of Senior Congress leaders of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday unanimously urged Rahul Gandhi to lead the party as next Congress President.
The Shivar concluded at Patnitop in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir.
As per the party sources, veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad skipped the Shivar.
In an unanimous resolution, the participants expressed full faith in the leadership of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and proposed that Rahul Gandhi should lead the party aș next President of the party.
The resolution was passed în the presence of AICC in-charge JK affairs Rajni Patil MP, AICC PRO for J&K and Rajya Sabha member (Elect) Ranjeet Ranjan, CWC member Tariq Hameed Karra and all senior leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, which was proposed by JKPCC President Ghulam Ahmad Mir.
The state level Nav Sankalp Shivar was attended by top brass of the party including senior functionaries of JKPCC, district Presidents, Former ministers, Ex-legislators, frontal heads and others from all parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Shivar held threadbare discussions during the past two days on various issues including the current political and security situation, organizational affairs, membership drive and organizational elections and issues of women and youth, social justice, public welfare and other matters of public importance.
The participants condemned the targeted killings of innocents especially the minorities in the strongest possible words and expressed their grave concern over the deteriorating situation in Kashmir and demanded urgent and effective measures to stop innocent killings and the prevailing sense of great insecurity amongst the common people especially the minorities.
It also sought immediate shifting of Kashmir Pandit employees, Jammu employees and other vulnerable people to safer places till the situation is brought under control.
