Srinagar, Feb 18 (KNS): The senior mainstream politician and the former Member of Parliament, Tariq Hammed Karra on Saturday joined Congress party in Delhi.
Source privy to the development told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that Karra joined party this morning in presence of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi.
Both the leaders welcomed him in the party fold, sources said.
Karra who was among the founding members of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had resigned from the party as well as from his Lok Sabha seat.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelHe had announced his resignation on September 15 last year (2016) citing ‘naked brutalities on people’.
The reliable sources told KNS that the workers and leaders including Nisar Ahmad Mandoo, the close aid of Karra will be joining the party in Srinagar in the next upcoming days. (KNS)