Shah Faesal, Shehla Rashid, Zaffar Mir Lasjan likely to join politics

SRINAGAR, JULY 24 (PTK): IAS officer Shah Faesal, JNU student leader Shehla Rashid Shora, and Zaffar Mir Lasjan, grandson of a former Congress leader—are likely to enter mainstream politics in Jammu and Kashmir.

According to report of newindianexpress Shehla Rashid and Lasjan, the grandson of ex-minister Ghulam Mohammad Mir Lasjan, were interested in joining active politics and were in touch with the National Conference (NC) leadership.

They said both Shehla, who comes from a family of NC loyalists and is currently pursuing her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and Zaffar, a businessman, had held a series of deliberations with the NC leadership on their joining the oldest political party in the State. Sources in NC said Shehla and Zaffar had been overwhelmed by Omar Abdullah’s leadership and had reposed their faith in it.

According to sources, Shehla and Zaffar had given their consent to joining the party, and after the modalities were worked out, they would formally join the NC.

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