In a major setback to the Aam Aadmi Party, BJP’s Kausar Jahan has been elected as the new chairman of the Delhi Haj Committee.
New Delhi: In a major setback to the Aam Aadmi Party, BJP’s Kausar Jahan has been elected as the new chairman of the Delhi Haj Committee. This is only the second time in the history of Delhi that a woman has been elected to the position of the panel chief. Former Delhi Congress chief Tajdar Babar was the only woman till now to have held this post, a report in news18.com said.
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Ten members of the committee participated in the voting process on Monday to choose the new chairman. Among them were Mohammad Saad and former cricketer Gautam Gambhir, who supported Jahan. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which had anticipated that their nominee would be elected, has been taken aback by this nomination.
“Congratulations to Kausar Jahan on being elected as the chairman of the Delhi Haj Committee. With the victory of the BJP candidate in the Delhi Haj Committee, it is clear that the Muslim community is also a part of the country’s development,” Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva wrote on Twitter.
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Indian Muslims travel to Mecca, a holy site, every year on pilgrimage, which is coordinated by the Haj Committee.
