Qayoom Wani joins PDP, named party candidate for LS polls from Baramulla

Jammu: Former President Jammu & Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF) and the Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) Abdul Qayoom Wani on Saturday formally joined Peoples Democrat8ic Party (PDP) in presence of party president Mehbooba Mufti and other senior party leaders.
Welcoming Wani into the party fold PDP President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said that Qayoom Wani will be party’s candidate from Baramulla for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections .
Wani had sought volunteery retirement from the government services and resigned from the basic membership of Jammu and Kashmir Teachers Forum (JKTF), Teachers Joint Action Committee (TJAC) and Employees Joint Action Committee (EJAC) Friday this week.
He said that the decision to join politics is aimed to serve people of the society in general. PDP patron Muzafar Baig and other senior leaders Abdul Haq Khan, Khalil Bhand, Chowdhary Zulfkar, Aijaz Mir, Khursheed Alam, Firdous Tak and Abdul Majeed Paddar were also present at the event.