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Ghulam Nabi Azad set to launch new party in Jammu rally today: 5 facts

September 4, 2022
Bharat Times

Ghulam Nabi Azad quit Congress a week ago in a scathing attack on the Gandhi family

New Delhi:
A week after leaving the Congress with a ballistic attack on the Gandhi family, Ghulam Nabi Azad is set to begin a new political innings with a rally in Jammu today.

Here are the top 5 facts from this big story

  1. Azad is likely to announce the formation of his new party at the rally. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister had last week said that he would soon start a new party. He said the first unit would be in Jammu and Kashmir where elections are to be held.

  2. The party led by Mr Azad will have the option of forging an alliance with the BJP or mainstream parties such as the National Conference or the PDP in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Mr Azad said in an interview to NDTV that there is “no question” of an alliance with the BJP. “Neither will they benefit, nor will I,” he said.

  3. The 73-year-old leader quit the Congress days after he was rejected a position in the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit, saying his recommendations for appointments had been ignored. His exit led to a massive exodus of Congress leaders from the party’s Jammu and Kashmir unit.

  4. Following his resignation, the veteran leader hit out at the Congress high command, accusing Rahul Gandhi of “childish behavior” and immaturity and allowing a “circle of inexperienced sycophants” to run the party.

  5. Mr Azad’s resignation comes ahead of the 2024 general election and comes after several high-profile exits from the party, including former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, the party’s former Punjab chief Sunil Jakhar and former union ministers Kapil Sibal and Ashwini Kumar. Huh.