Congress forms two committees to monitor COVID-19 situation in Jammu & Kashmir
The Hindu
The committees were constituted at an emergency meeting chaired by the State Congress Committee president G. A. Mir in Jammu to review the prevailing situation.
The Congress’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Tuesday announced setting up of two separate committees to monitor the situation in the Union Territory and report directly to the party high command on a daily basis, a party spokesperson said. The committees were constituted at an emergency meeting chaired by the State Congress Committee president G. A. Mir in Jammu to review the prevailing situation amid a spike in cases across the country, including Jammu and Kashmir, he said. He said former Minister Raman Bhalla will head the four-member committee constituted for the Jammu region, while former Minister Taj Mohiuddin was appointed as the chairman of the four-member committee constituted for the Kashmir division.More Related News
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