Delhi Haj Commitee election: In what is being seen as a big setback for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kausar Jahan was elected as the Delhi Haj Committee chairperson on Thursday (February 16). This is for the first time the AAP has lost control of the Haj Committee after coming to power in Delhi.
Kausar Jahan, who is the second woman to be elected as the committee's chairmam, got three of the five votes.
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The 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.
Congratulating Jahan on her victory, BJP working president Virendra Sachdeva said the result shows the growing trust and faith of Muslims in the party.
"Congratulations to Kausar Jahan on being elected as the Delhi Haj Committee chairperson. The victory of the BJP-affiliated candidate in the Delhi Haj Committee makes it clear that now the Muslim community is also eager to join the country's development stream Shri @narendramodi," Sachdeva said in a tweet in Hindi.
(With inputs from PTI)
