Congress to connect with roots, honour party veterans: Karra

Jammu, Dec 22: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra Sunday asserted that Congress would honour the party veterans in order to reconnect with the roots (of party).

Acting on the recommendation of the “Fact Finding Committee” headed by JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma, he asked the top party leaders to “identity all such leaders of stature, whose remembrance should be observed every year in order to reconnect with the roots of the party.”

Karra stated that the party would observe the days of all veteran leaders who “played an important role in their life in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir and remained loyal to the party.”

In this connection, JKPCC chief asked the PCC headquarters and all district presidents to shortlist the names of all such prominent leaders in their respective districts to be remembered on their birth or death anniversary, in respective district or constituency headquarters.

The “Fact Finding Committee”, which was formed to probe into Congress’ debacle in the assembly elections, recommended that the party should reconnect with the roots by remembering the past leaders of great contributions, at different levels right from PCC to block levels and also honouring the veteran leaders who retired from active politics.

“This will reconnect the party with the roots and give the families of original Congressmen, a sense of belongingness with the party,” the Committee recommended.

Accepting the recommendations of the Committee, in this regard, the JKPCC chief issued instructions.

“Earlier only a few leaders of J&K, on a pick and choose basis, would be remembered,” it was noted with concern.