Last Update: 29 August 2022, 15:00 IST
Azad, 73, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday ended his five-decade association with the Congress, sweeping the party and slamming Rahul Gandhi for dismantling his entire advisory apparatus. (Image: PTI/FILE)
More than a dozen prominent Congress leaders, besides hundreds of Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) members, municipal corporators and district and block level leaders have already left the Congress to join Azad.
Three more Congress leaders, including former deputy speaker Ghulam Haider Malik, on Monday announced their resignation from the party in support of veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad. Azad, 73, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, ended his five-decade association with the Congress on Friday, sweeping the party and attacking the party. Rahul Gandhi To dismantle your entire advisory system.
Malik, a former MLA from Kathua’s Bani assembly constituency and two former MLCs – Subhash Gupta from Kathua and Sham Lal Bhagat from Doda – sent their resignation letters separately to the party high command. Azad’s close aide and former minister GM Saroori said that we have received letters (of support) from Malik, Gupta and Bhagat.
Former deputy chief minister Tara Chand, former ministers Abdul Majeed Wani, Manohar Lal Sharma and Gharu Ram and former MLA Balwan Singh also met Azad in Delhi and declared their loyalty to him on Tuesday after resigning from the Congress, a source said. can do. More than a dozen prominent Congress leaders, including former ministers and MLAs, besides hundreds of Panchayati Raj Institution (PRI) members, municipal corporations and district and block level leaders have already left the Congress to join Azad, who will soon join the party. He will start a national level party. From Jammu and Kashmir.
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