Ahead of Assembly Elections, Congress makes major reshuffle in party's Jammu and Kashmir

In a major reshuffle ahead of the Assembly Elections, the Congress on Friday (August 16) appointed Tariq Hameed Karra as president of its Jammu and Kashmir unit and Keshav Mahto Kamlesh as chief of the Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee. While Karra replaces Vikar Rasool Wani in Jammu and Kashmir, Kamlesh takes over from Rajesh Thakur.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed two working presidents for Jammu and Kashmir – Tara Chand and Raman Bhalla – as the party prepares for the Assembly Elections in the Union Territory. The Election Commission of India announced the dates for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly



Elections on Friday.

The Election Commission on Friday announced the schedules for assembly elections to Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir will vote in three phases on September 18, September 25 and October 1. The elections in Haryana will be held in a single phase on October 1. Results of both will be announced on October 4.

These will be the first assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and its reorganisation into a Union Territory. The schedule for assembly elections in Jharkhand and Maharashtra are yet to be announced.