Decisions will be taken in the best interests of party: Sagar
Srinagar: The newly appointed General Secretary of National Conference Ali Mohammad Sagar will continue to be Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.
Confirming it to KNS, Ali Mohammad Sagar, said: “Yes, I will also look after my ministry besides fulfilling the new responsibility given to me by the party leadership.”
Meanwhile, while talking to KNS, Sagar said that he will start visiting almost all areas in the state and decisions will be taken for the better performance of the party. “We will discuss issues with one and all in the party and will take decision in the best interests of the party with prior approval from Dr Farooq Abdullah Saheb and Omar Abdullah Saheb. Our priority is to take the people of board and to rejuvenate our party cadres,” Sagar told KNS.
Sources told KNS that the party may witness some more changes in its hierarchy in coming days. “Keeping the upcoming assembly elections in view and given the dismal performance shown by some party senior leaders, there is consensus among party core group leaders that there should be some change at provincial level,” a senior NC leader told KNS, wishing not to be named.
He added that some district level office bearers of the party are already under scanner party high command and few changes in different districts are also on cards. “The party district leadership in various districts have also failed to perform and mobilize people in the recently concluded elections. So you will see a change in district level bodies of the party very soon,” another senior leader of the NC told KNS.
The changes in party hierarchy had become inevitable after the party faced a humiliating defeat in all three Lok Sabha seats of the Kashmir valley.