BJP's Kausar Jahan elected as Delhi Haj Committee chairperson

In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party BJPaffiliated Kausar Jahan was elected as the Delhi Haj Committee chairperson on Thursday with her party saying it is a step towards the empowerment of Muslim womenJahan will be the second woman to hold the post of the Delhi Haj Committee chairperson Congress leader Tajdar Babar was the first woman to be elected to the postThe AAP alleged Jahan was elected because of the complicity between the BJP and the Congress Jahan received three of the five votes cast by the committee members in the election held at the Delhi SecretariatThe committee comprises six members two each from the AAP and the BJP Muslim theology expert Mohammad Saad and Congress councillor Nazia Danish BJP MP Gautam Gambhir is among the committee members Danish abstained from votingThe three votes received by the BJPaffiliated candidate included those of Gambhir Saad and Jahan herself AAP MLAs Abdul Rehman and Haji Yunus are also members of the committeeJahan who met Delhi BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva at the party office after her victory said she was elected as the Delhi Haj Committee chairperson to do virtuous work and the AAP should not indulge in politics over itThere should not be any politics over my election because I have to serve the people I want to appeal to my AAP brethren not to do so We will work together Jahan told PTIAlso read What I said is 100 per cent true Devendra Fadnavis on claim that his govt with Ajit Pawar had NCP chiefs approvalSachdeva said Jahans victory shows the growing trust and faith of Muslims in the party and it is a step towards the empowerment of Muslim women Congratulations to Kausar Jahan on being elected as the Delhi Haj Committee chairperson The victory of the BJPaffiliated candidate in the Delhi Haj Committee makes it clear that now the Muslim community is also eager to join the countrys development stream Shri narendramodi he said in a tweet in HindiSachdeva said he hoped Jahan would bring greater transparency in the working of the Haj Committee and will help increase the number of women Haj pilgrims every yearAAP national spokesperson Saurabh Bharadwaj accused Delhi Lieutenant Governor LG V K Saxena of indulging in utter dishonesty while nominating members for the Delhi Haj CommitteeSaxena nominated Congress councillor Nazia Danish to the committee and this was not right and in the end she abstained from voting in the election thereby ensuring the BJP candidates victory the AAP leader allegedHaj Committee members were appointed by Saxena in January This drew a sharp reaction from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal who termed the notification issued by the LG illegal and claimed that the proper process was not followedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever