Two leaders left their party in Jammu and joined Congress

Before joining his party, Naqib was former District Congress President Srinagar. (Image: Twitter/J&K Congress)

He said Pradesh Congress Committee president GA Mir and other senior leaders welcomed Pranav Shagotra and Irfan Naqib back to the Congress at the party headquarters here.

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The two leaders rejoined the Congress here on Wednesday after resigning from their party in Jammu and Kashmir, a spokesperson of the Grand Old Party said. He said Pradesh Congress Committee president GA Mir and other senior leaders welcomed Pranav Shagotra and Irfan Naqib back to the Congress at the party headquarters here.

Shagotra, a former president of JK Youth Congress, had left the party sometime back and joined his party founded by former minister Altaf Bukhari. He was presently its District President Jammu. Before joining his party, Naqib was former District Congress President Srinagar. The spokesman said that both the leaders along with their supporters joined the Congress and in the presence of senior leadership in-charge district president Jammu Yogesh Sahni nominated them as Congress members.

Mir said the leader was keen to rejoin the Congress for a long time. He said that he would work to strengthen secularism and fight communal, fundamentalist and opportunistic forces in Jammu and Kashmir.

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