Ghulam Nabi Azad Resignation

Resigning from the Congress in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad was a "blunder", former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief Minister Tara Chand said on Saturday - two days after he was expelled from the Azad-led Democratic Azad Party (DAP).

Ghulam Nabi Azad today started a new political journey, a week following a four- decade association. Addressing a rally in Jammu, He said the people will decide the name and flag of his new party.

Congress leader and former legislator from Jammu and Kashmir Ashok Sharma on Saturday wrote to party president Sonia Gandhi and resigned from the organisation.

Amid an exodus of leaders in the party's Jammu and Kashmir unit after the exit of Ghulam Nabi Azad, a senior Congress leader on Wednesday said many leaders who never got an opportunity in the Union Territory when Mr Azad called the shots will return.

After veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad's exit, the Congress today faced an exodus in Jammu and Kashmir, his home turf. Over 60 leaders resigned today in support of Mr Azad, who is planning to launch his own party.

Four more Congress leaders, including former deputy speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Gulam Hyder Malik, and a dozen prominent workers of the Apni Party resigned from their respective parties on Monday in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Several leaders and activists, who resigned from Congress following in Ghulam Nabi Azad's footsteps, met under former Jammu and Kashmir minister GM Saroori's leadership to ramp up support for the senior leader in his next endeavour.

A day after Ghulam Nabi Azad pinned the blame for the party's 2014 Lok Sabha poll debacle largely on Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Sachin Pilot dubbed it on Saturday as "targeted personal vilification" of the former party chief.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said Ghulam Nabi Azad raised valid points while exiting the Congress which is a "sinking ship".

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday said he was pained over the resignation of senior colleague Ghulam Nabi Azad, whom he said, the party gave everything, sending him to the Rajya Sabha five times besides making him a Union minister.

The BJP claimed on Friday that Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the Congress reflects "a vote of no-confidence" in the leadership of the opposition party, which has now become a "family firm".

After Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the Congress, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, a Congress alum, sneered that soon only the Gandhis would remain in the Congress.

Mr Dikshit, a former party MP, was part of the G-23 leaders who had written to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 for an organisational overhaul and reforms, saying it was a "banner of reform and not a banner of revolt".

In a press conference earlier today, Congress spokespersons said it was "unfortunate" that the senior leader had resigned in such fashion at a time when the party is gearing up for massive nationwide mobilisation against the ruling BJP.

Ghulam Nabi Azad pulled no punches in his explosive letter saying Sonia Gandhi is "just a nominal figurehead" while important decisions are taken by "Rahul Gandhi or rather worse his security guards and PAs (personal assistants)".

Resigning from the Congress in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad was a "blunder", former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief Minister Tara Chand said on Saturday - two days after he was expelled from the Azad-led Democratic Azad Party (DAP).

Ghulam Nabi Azad today started a new political journey, a week following a four- decade association. Addressing a rally in Jammu, He said the people will decide the name and flag of his new party.

Congress leader and former legislator from Jammu and Kashmir Ashok Sharma on Saturday wrote to party president Sonia Gandhi and resigned from the organisation.

Amid an exodus of leaders in the party's Jammu and Kashmir unit after the exit of Ghulam Nabi Azad, a senior Congress leader on Wednesday said many leaders who never got an opportunity in the Union Territory when Mr Azad called the shots will return.

After veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad's exit, the Congress today faced an exodus in Jammu and Kashmir, his home turf. Over 60 leaders resigned today in support of Mr Azad, who is planning to launch his own party.

Four more Congress leaders, including former deputy speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Gulam Hyder Malik, and a dozen prominent workers of the Apni Party resigned from their respective parties on Monday in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad.

Several leaders and activists, who resigned from Congress following in Ghulam Nabi Azad's footsteps, met under former Jammu and Kashmir minister GM Saroori's leadership to ramp up support for the senior leader in his next endeavour.

A day after Ghulam Nabi Azad pinned the blame for the party's 2014 Lok Sabha poll debacle largely on Rahul Gandhi, Congress leader Sachin Pilot dubbed it on Saturday as "targeted personal vilification" of the former party chief.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said Ghulam Nabi Azad raised valid points while exiting the Congress which is a "sinking ship".

Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday said he was pained over the resignation of senior colleague Ghulam Nabi Azad, whom he said, the party gave everything, sending him to the Rajya Sabha five times besides making him a Union minister.

The BJP claimed on Friday that Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the Congress reflects "a vote of no-confidence" in the leadership of the opposition party, which has now become a "family firm".

After Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the Congress, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, a Congress alum, sneered that soon only the Gandhis would remain in the Congress.

Mr Dikshit, a former party MP, was part of the G-23 leaders who had written to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 for an organisational overhaul and reforms, saying it was a "banner of reform and not a banner of revolt".

In a press conference earlier today, Congress spokespersons said it was "unfortunate" that the senior leader had resigned in such fashion at a time when the party is gearing up for massive nationwide mobilisation against the ruling BJP.

Ghulam Nabi Azad pulled no punches in his explosive letter saying Sonia Gandhi is "just a nominal figurehead" while important decisions are taken by "Rahul Gandhi or rather worse his security guards and PAs (personal assistants)".