Bandipora, Jan. 12 -- Suhail Rather

The Congress party in north Kashmir's Bandipora district suffered a significant internal setback on Monday after several core workers announced their decision to distance themselves from the party, citing growing dissatisfaction with the local leadership and unresolved internal differences. Addressing a press conference, the former District President of the Congress, in the presence of senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Tantray, said the group would no longer maintain any political or organisational association with the sitting MLA from Bandipora, Nizam-ud-Din Bhat. Tantray, who has remained closely associated with the MLA since 2002 and played an instrumental role in multiple election campaigns, expresse...