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When asked whether he will be the AAP president in Jammu and Kashmir, he said, "The AAP leadership has assured me to give a leading role and major responsibility in J&K. The party will dissolve existing committees and will form new ones."
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The trend was started by Youth National Panthers Party president and MLA Udhampur Balwant Singh Mankotia who took oath in Dogri in 2002.
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