Tariq Hameed Karra (born 28 June 1955) is an Indian politician from Jammu and Kashmir and was a member of parliament to the 16th Lok Sabha from Srinagar..
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The decision to appoint Karra as JKPCC chief was under discussion for some months, according to party insiders, especially as his predecessor was “unable to take everyone along”.
While there are many power centres in the party’s J&K unit, the Congress believed a senior leader of “stature and experience” should lead it.
“He is more experienced and has a stature.
Tariq Hameed Karra, the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC), is a prominent figure in Indian politics with a rich history of.
He had remained a Lok Sabha MP also and all these things went into his favour,” said a senior Congress leader. “With elections round the corner, the party high command thought it is time to appoint someone who can take everyone along and is acceptable to different power centres.
There is hope that Karra sahib will be able to stem the differences within the party leadership.”
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A law graduate, Karra was a founding memb