Gupta claims NC will win ULB polls in Rajouri, Poonch; forms committees

Excelsior Correspondent SUNDERBANI, Aug 11: NC Provincial president Jammu, Rattan Lal Gupta claimed that NC will secure a majority in upcoming elections of ULBs in Rajouri and Poonch. Interacting with NC functionaries in Sunderbani, Gupta asserted that Rajouri and Poonch Districts have always supported NC led by its leaders Dr. Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah. Gupta held threadbare discussions with Party functionaries from Kalakote, Sunderbani and Nowshera units. He acknowledged that the people of Rajouri district are facing difficulties due to hollow slogans and unfulfilled promises made by BJP leadership. “Even functionaries of BJP are frustrated and recently they submitted mass resignations from their party posts in this region,” the NC leader continued. He assured that NC will give a tough fight in ensuing polls and called upon Party workers to gear up activities to ensure victory for NC in forthcoming polls. Meanwhile, Gupta constituted District Committees of NC for the upcoming elections of ULBs. District Rajouri Urban Committee is headed by its president, Shafayat Ahmed Khan and has members Bashir Ahmed Wani, Ch. Naseem Liaqat, S. Nirman Singh, Manzoor Malik, Shafquet Mir, Muzaffar Iqbal Khan, Mohd Maqbool Kasana, Mohd Bashir Magrey, Dalfi Kumar, Vishupal Gupta, Shameem Mughal, Mustaq Shawal, Iqbal Bhat, Aftar Lone and Mati Ur Rehman Mir. District Rajouri Rural Committee is headed by its president, Ashok Kumar Sharma and has members Th. Rameshwar Singh, Yashu Vardhan Singh, Shamsher Singh, Ashok Sethi, Mohd Rafiq, Moti Ram, Dr. Raghbir Singh, Subash Saraf, Puspinder Chada, Jasbir Singh Chib, Dheeraj Sharma, Sunita Devi, Ashok Sharma, Jatinder Singh Chib, Rohit Kohli, Nishar Ahmed, Haq Mamood Choudhry, Rattan Singh, Raghunath Sharma, Capt Yashpal, Mohd Sadiq and Mudasir Hussain. District Poonch Committee is headed by its president, Bagh Hussain Rathore and has members Ajaz Jan, Harcharan Singh, Syed Mumtaz Bukhari, Mumtaz Ahmed Bajjard, Peer Anayat Bukhari, Shiv Rattan, Tariq Manhas, Qazi Saleem, Parvinder Singh, Bakshi Kem Raj, Narinder Singh Talwar, Abdul Hamid Rana, Mohd Iqbal, Mohd Qabir Quershi, Amir Din Bandey, Abdul Majid, Gulam Ahmed, Harvinder Singh and Subash Khajuria.