Jammu, March 29 (Scoop News) – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti today appointed leading cancer surgeon Dr Sameer Kaul as spokesman of the party.
Dr Sameer Koul had joined PDP in the first week of this month in the presence of PDP patron and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti. Dr Kaul is presently senior consultant surgical and clinical oncology at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi.
Expressing his gratitude towards PDP leadership for giving him an important responsibility as spokesman of the party, Dr Kaul said that he would try to put forward view point of the party in the rest of the country so as to involve the people for debate and discussion on PDP’s policies and programmes. “Being spokesman of party at New Delhi, I will also try to involve leaders of different shades of political opinions to discuss view point of PDP”, Dr Kaul said.
He said that he has decided to join the politics to serve the people of Jammu and Kashmir through the political field and PDP is the best platform to work for the betterment and upliftment of the people and to strengthen a composite culture in the State in general and Kashmir Valley in particular.
Hailing from Wazirbagh in Srinagar, Dr Kaul did his MBBS from Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar. He did his post-graduation in head and neck surgery from Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai.
Known for social service, Dr Kaul has been conducting free medical camps for cancer patients in the Kashmir Valley for the past two decades.