Congress forms committee to probe poor performance in J&K Assembly polls

The Congress has constituted a fact-finding committee to investigate the reason behind its worst-ever performance in the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir held for the first time in a decade.

Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Tariq Hameed Karra has appointed senior party leader Ravinder Sharma as chairman of the committee to probe the reasons for the defeat and recommend ways to strengthen the party.

Jehangir Mir, Naresh Gupta, Thakur Balwan Singh, Shah Mohd Chowdhary, Ved Mahajan, and Dina Nath Baghat are members of the committee.

The move comes after Rahul Gandhi expressed serious concern over the failure of the party to deliver against the Bharatiya Janata Party, especially in the Hindu majority districts of Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Samba.

The BJP won all the seats in these districts, while Congress failed to make an impression and even some party heavyweights like Tara Chand, Raman Bhalla and Chaudhary Lal Singh lost by big margins.