Srinagar, June 27 (KINS): Senior leaders and former cabinet ministers Taj Mohi U Din and G.M. Saroori, along with DDC Vice Chairman of Kupwara, Haji Farooq Mir Lolabi, rejoined the Congress party on Thursday. The trio expressed regret for their earlier decision to quit the party, calling it a “serious mistake.”
They were formally welcomed back into the party by AICC General Secretary Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain, JKPCC President Tariq Hameed Karra, and AICC General Secretary and CLP Leader G.A. Mir, who congratulated them on their return.
The Congress leadership expressed strong satisfaction over their rejoining, saying it would further bolster the party’s position in the Union Territory.
Addressing the media, Dr. Hussain revealed that several other leaders who had previously left Congress or joined other parties are currently in touch with him, the JKPCC President, and the CLP Leader. “They are likely to return to the Congress fold soon after following due process,” he said.
Taj Mohi U Din and G.M. Saroori, both veteran Congressmen, have served as cabinet ministers and have a long history of electoral success on Congress tickets. Haji Farooq Mir, though unsuccessful in his bid for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, continues to serve as DDC Vice Chairman of Kupwara.
The former ministers openly admitted that quitting the Congress was a wrong decision, one they deeply regret. “Leaving Congress was a serious misjudgment. We apologize publicly and wholeheartedly,” they said in a joint statement.
Reaffirming their loyalty to the party, the leaders expressed full confidence in the leadership of AICC President Mallikarjun Kharge, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Dr. Syed Naseer Hussain, Tariq Hameed Karra, and G.A. Mir. They pledged to work with renewed commitment to strengthen the Congress in Jammu and Kashmir.
The rejoining ceremony witnessed the presence of several senior Congress leaders and office bearers, including AICC Secretaries Manoj Yadav, Deviya Maderna, and Shahnawaz Choudhary; former PCC President Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed; former MP Choudhary Lal Singh; legislators Nizam Ud Din Bhat and Irfan Hafeez Lone; former legislator Haji Abdul Rashid Dar; PCC Treasurer Rajnish Sharma; Surinder Singh Channi; Mahila Congress President Shameema Raina; IYC Secretary Ajaz Chowdhary; and several others including Ghulam Raza, Abdul Gani Khan, Nissar Ahmad Mundoo, Abid Imtiyaz Bhat, Shaheena Neda, Irfan Naqib, Mohammad Iqbal Mir, Fayaz Ahmad Mir, Dr. Audil Farooq Mir (Lasjan), Suhail Bukhari, Arshid Tantray, Umer Jaan, and Tanveer Hussain Khan.
All present warmly welcomed the return of the veteran leaders and pledged collective efforts to revitalize the Congress Party in the region.(KINS)
