Asha Kumari is in-charge of Punjab Cong
Monday, 27/06/2016
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New Delhi : Congress on Sunday appointed party secretary Asha Kumari as its in-charge of poll-bound Punjab to succeed Kamal Nath days after he resigned following an opposition uproar but the choice triggered a controversy over her conviction in a land grab case. Kumari, who is an MLA from Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh, was given one-year imprisonment by a Chamba court in February this year but is currently on bail. Assembly elections are due in Punjab next year. Nath, a veteran Congress leader, had to quit as AICC in- charge of Punjab within three days after his appointment this month in the wake of an uproar by BJP, SAD and AAP over his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
Kumari has served in various capacities in the party. Party sources had earlier said that in Punjab the leadership could make a temporary appointment of an existing general secretary till a decision is taken on induction of new leaders in the AICC secretariat. Kumari was convicted on February 26 in the land grab case by a Chamba court and sentenced to one year imprisonment, besides being fined Rs 8,000. The court had held her guilty of criminal conspiracy. On March 19, the Himachal Pradesh High Court suspended the one-year sentence.
Know her
Kumari is an MLA from Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh and is a relatively lesser known face compared to Kamal Nath.
She was given one-year jail in a land grab case by a Chamba court in February this year but is currently on bail besides being fined Rs 8,000.
The court had held her guilty of criminal conspiracy. On March 19, 2016 the Himachal Pradesh High Court suspended the one-year sentence.
