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| After ‘ceasefire’ warning, Cong high command orders probe into anti-party acts; dissidents under scanner | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, June 12: Days after summoning key leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress to New Delhi in a bid to end escalating factionalism, the party high command on Friday constituted a three-member inquiry committee to investigate allegations of indiscipline and anti-party activities within the Union Territory unit.
The move is being seen as a clear indication that the Congress leadership is preparing to crack down on dissident voices, with party sources suggesting that disciplinary action against some leaders cannot be ruled out. The incumbent J&K Congress leadership is understood to have submitted evidence, including video clips, purportedly showing certain leaders making serious allegations against fellow party members in public.
According to a statement issued by AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the formation of the committee with immediate effect.
The panel comprises Shaktisinh Gohil as Convener, along with Dr Amar Singh and Rafeek Khan as members.
The committee has been tasked with examining complaints and reports related to alleged indiscipline and activities considered detrimental to the party's interests in Jammu and Kashmir. It will investigate the circumstances surrounding the internal feud and submit its findings to the party leadership.
The development comes three days after five senior Congress leaders from Jammu and Kashmir were summoned to New Delhi for a crucial meeting aimed at enforcing a "ceasefire" among rival factions.
Those called for discussions included AICC General Secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hamid Karra, JKPCC Working President Raman Bhalla, former JKPCC president Vikar Rasool Wani and former Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand.
The nearly two-hour meeting ended with a stern warning from the party high command, directing all leaders to maintain discipline and refrain from taking internal disputes to public platforms.
The Congress leadership had taken serious note of recent public statements made by Vikar Rasool Wani, who has been openly critical of Tariq Hamid Karra's leadership. Sources said the leaders were instructed to route their grievances through established party forums rather than airing differences in public.
The internal rift came into sharp focus on May 22 when Wani, while addressing a rally in Khour in Jammu, launched a scathing attack on Karra and accused him of pursuing a separatist agenda. He referred to Karra's past proposal advocating the circulation of Pakistani currency alongside Indian currency in the erstwhile state during the PDP-Congress coalition era.
Since then, a faction led by Wani and Tara Chand has intensified its campaign against the JKPCC leadership, exposing deep divisions within the party.
The dissident camp recently approached Kharge, seeking his intervention in what it described as a worsening organisational crisis in Jammu and Kashmir. In a letter to the party president, the leaders alleged growing resentment among workers and claimed that organisational weaknesses and factionalism had intensified following the Assembly elections.
The dissidents further alleged that certain decisions and strategies adopted during the election campaign adversely affected the prospects of several prominent Congress candidates, causing long-term damage to the party's organisational structure and morale.
With the inquiry committee now in place, the Congress high command has signalled its determination to restore discipline and address the factional battle that has increasingly overshadowed the party's efforts to strengthen its position in Jammu and Kashmir. |
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