Newly-appointed Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir today vowed to forge unity and strength among cadre, who were hit by the party's recent Assembly poll debacle.
Newly-appointed Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir today vowed to forge unity and strength among cadre, who were hit by the party's recent Assembly poll debacle.
55-year-old Mir today arrived from New Delhi and was given rousing reception by the party workers and leaders, who drew him in large cavalcade of vehicles to the party headquarters at Residency road here.
He took over from Saifuddin Soz at a party function at the party's headquarters amid pro-Mir slogans and showering of flowers.
"He is young man, who has potential to take the state Congress to new heights. He is a strong leader and committed to the welfare of the people of the state. I wish him best of luck," Soz said at the function.
Thanking the Congress leadership particularly president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi, and Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mir said "they have entrusted with this tough task and reposed faith in me. I will try to work for the betterment of the Congress and come up to their expectation," Mir told Congress workers here.
Asserting that Congress rank and file has been hit temporarily due to the recent poll results, he said it would be his task to recharge the moral of the Congress leaders and workers.
"The party would be galvanised from grassroots level and programme for rejuvenating the party in the state would be charted down to strengthen the party," he said.
Congress yesterday appointed five new PCC chiefs and one regional Congress Committee president.
The new PCC chiefs are Ajay Maken in Delhi, Ashok Chavan in Maharashtra, Ghulam Ahmed Mir in Jammu and Kashmir, Bharatsinh Solanki in Gujarat and Uttam Reddy in Telangana.
AICC secretary Sanjay Nirupam has been made the chief of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee.
Mir, born on December 15, 1959 in Damhal village of Anantnag district in South Kashmir, has around three decades of working experience with Congress across the country.
He served as the Tourism Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in the Omar Abdullah government and was also Minister of State for Tourism and Minister of State for Roads and Buildings (independent charge) in the Mufti Sayeed government from 2002 to 2005.
He was elected from Doru Constituency in South Kashmir twice in 2002 and 2008 polls on Congress ticket but lost elections in 2014 by just over 150 votes.
A graduate, Mir started his political career as a youth coordinator in 1983. He was deputed as observer to Jalesar Assembly Constituency in 1984 and Kokrajihar district on direction of Indian Youth Congress.
He attended the historic Bombay session of AICC as a NSUI member in 1985.
Mir was appointed Joint Secretary in J-K Congress and tasked to look after Amethi Constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
He lost Assembly election in 1996 and was appointed as General Secretary of state Congress in 1988.
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