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Tariq Karra formally takes over as JKPCC Chief

“This is a major task and every leader, small or big, will be taken on board on this. And the final call would be of the party high command,” he told KNO
07:01 AM Aug 18, 2024 IST | GK NEWS SERVICE
tariq karra formally takes over as jkpcc chief
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Srinagar, Aug 17: Senior Congress leader Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday formally took over as president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) at a function in Delhi.

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Speaking to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) Karra expressed his willingness to contest for any assembly seat in Srinagar, including his political bastion Central Shalteng, formerly Batamaloo—his native place.

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"My immediate focus would be assembly elections and win seats for my party in Jammu and Kashmir. And whether I run for the elections or not it is left to the discretion of the high command,” he said.

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Asked about his take on pre-poll alliance with regional parties of Jammu and Kashmir, he said the decision would be taken only after the consultation with local leaders and central leadership.

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“This is a major task and every leader, small or big, will be taken on board on this. And the final call would be of the party high command,” he told KNO.

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Notably, Karra had won the Lok Sabha election in 2014 from Srinagar by a margin of over 40,000 votes giving the first-ever electoral defeat to Abdullah in four decades.

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A former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader was also a finance minister of the erstwhile state during the PDP-Congress coalition government.

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Karra had been against the BJP-PDP alliance and resigned from the Lok Sabha and PDP in 2016. He later joined Congress in February 2017.

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