Who Is Ghulam Nabi Azad

Veteran political leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit Congress two years ago, is ready to join the electoral fray in Jammu and Kashmir.

Veteran politician and former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad believes that the Congress is still run by "remote control" and he also came down heavily on a "new coterie of inexperienced sycophants" who manage its affairs.

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.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress last week with a trenchant critique of Rahul Gandhi's "childish behaviour and immaturity", said today that he is a "nice man" but has no aptitude for politics.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress today with a scathing critique of the Gandhis, mainly Rahul Gandhi, is likely to launch a new party in Jammu and Kashmir, sources say.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress veteran and part of the G-23 dissident group, today quit the party calling out Rahul Gandhi for "immaturity" and for "demolishing the consultative mechanism" in the party.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who will soon retire as Rajya Sabha Member, on Wednesday said people will see him at many places as he is ''free now'' and has no wish to be an MP, minister or hold any position in the party.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today met with President Ram Nath Kovind even as the opposition parties continued their protest against the controversial farm bills, which have cleared the parliament. The meeting between Mr Azad, who is also the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, and the President comes a day after the opposition parties boycott...

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is a part of the opposition delegation that will visit Jammu and Kashmir today, accused the government of giving contradictory statements on the situation in the state. Restrictions have been imposed in Jammu and Kashmir since the centre withdrew its special status earlier this month.

Moving an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, parliamentarians from seven opposition parties led by the Congress have listed five allegations against the top judge.The motion signed by 71 members of Rajya Sabha has been submitted to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu who is also the chair of the upper house.

From the platform of Lalu Prasad's grand anti-BJP rally in Patna today, Sharad Yadav today promised a pan-India grand alliance that would take on the BJP at the next general election. The estranged leader of the Janata Dal United, who is staring at an expulsion from the party for defying orders not to attend the rally, was greeted warmly by Lalu Ya...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who tried to visit Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh, which is tense after caste clashes earlier this week, was stopped at the district's border by the police this afternoon. "I wanted to visit Saharanpur, I was stopped from going there... I am returning today on the request of administration," Mr Gandhi, 46,...

Sheila Dikshit, the three-time Chief Minister who was named by her Congress party as its candidate for the top job in Uttar Pradesh, said today that she would "gracefully withdraw", now that an alliance between her party and the Samajwadi Party is official.

Mehbooba Mufti who could be the first Muslim woman to become a Chief Minister is caught between a rock and hard place.

Angry pro-Telangana protesters in Hyderabad tried to break police barricades today as they made their way to Indira Park, where a large protest is being held against the Centre deferring a decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a separate state. The protesters, who were shouting slogans, were taken away in vans by the police. ...

Veteran political leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit Congress two years ago, is ready to join the electoral fray in Jammu and Kashmir.

Veteran politician and former Union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad believes that the Congress is still run by "remote control" and he also came down heavily on a "new coterie of inexperienced sycophants" who manage its affairs.

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.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress last week with a trenchant critique of Rahul Gandhi's "childish behaviour and immaturity", said today that he is a "nice man" but has no aptitude for politics.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress today with a scathing critique of the Gandhis, mainly Rahul Gandhi, is likely to launch a new party in Jammu and Kashmir, sources say.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress veteran and part of the G-23 dissident group, today quit the party calling out Rahul Gandhi for "immaturity" and for "demolishing the consultative mechanism" in the party.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who will soon retire as Rajya Sabha Member, on Wednesday said people will see him at many places as he is ''free now'' and has no wish to be an MP, minister or hold any position in the party.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad today met with President Ram Nath Kovind even as the opposition parties continued their protest against the controversial farm bills, which have cleared the parliament. The meeting between Mr Azad, who is also the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, and the President comes a day after the opposition parties boycott...

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is a part of the opposition delegation that will visit Jammu and Kashmir today, accused the government of giving contradictory statements on the situation in the state. Restrictions have been imposed in Jammu and Kashmir since the centre withdrew its special status earlier this month.

Moving an impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, parliamentarians from seven opposition parties led by the Congress have listed five allegations against the top judge.The motion signed by 71 members of Rajya Sabha has been submitted to Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu who is also the chair of the upper house.

From the platform of Lalu Prasad's grand anti-BJP rally in Patna today, Sharad Yadav today promised a pan-India grand alliance that would take on the BJP at the next general election. The estranged leader of the Janata Dal United, who is staring at an expulsion from the party for defying orders not to attend the rally, was greeted warmly by Lalu Ya...

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, who tried to visit Saharanpur in western Uttar Pradesh, which is tense after caste clashes earlier this week, was stopped at the district's border by the police this afternoon. "I wanted to visit Saharanpur, I was stopped from going there... I am returning today on the request of administration," Mr Gandhi, 46,...

Sheila Dikshit, the three-time Chief Minister who was named by her Congress party as its candidate for the top job in Uttar Pradesh, said today that she would "gracefully withdraw", now that an alliance between her party and the Samajwadi Party is official.

Mehbooba Mufti who could be the first Muslim woman to become a Chief Minister is caught between a rock and hard place.

Angry pro-Telangana protesters in Hyderabad tried to break police barricades today as they made their way to Indira Park, where a large protest is being held against the Centre deferring a decision on whether Andhra Pradesh should be split to create a separate state. The protesters, who were shouting slogans, were taken away in vans by the police. ...