Show-cause notice to Azad’s loyalists fuels internal tussle in Congress

JAMMU — The internal bickering within Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) refuses to die down as the party has issued show-cause notices to two former legislators, who share close ties with Ghulam Nabi Azad for not attending ‘Nav Sankalap Shiver’ at Patnitop.

Sources within the Congress party told news agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two separate notices were served to former MLA Vikar Rasool Wani and former MLC G N Monga for attending a private party in Srinagar instead of the party’s official programme in Patnitop.

The Congress leaders have been asked to clear their position within two weeks.

Sources said that some leaders from the Azad group camped in Srinagar and held a private lunch party.

This is not the first time that Azad and Mir group are at loggerheads. Earlier, 24 leaders including former ministers, former legislators and office bearers of the Ghulam Nabi Azad group revolted against the PCC chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir and resigned from their organisational posts.