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GN Azad Explains To Congress “G-23” Leaders Why He Quit “Without Telling”

Ghulam Nabi Azad has said he will launch a party in Jammu and KashmirNew Delhi: Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, today met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda.The leaders visited Mr Azad at his home in Delhi and asked him "first hand" why he quit without consulting them and why he did so even after Sonia Gandhi announced internal elections for a new Congress president, according to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.Mr Azad claimed his position had become untenable because of "palace intrigue" against him by a section of the Congress, according to Mr Chavan.Mr Chavan welcomed the party elections and also the Gandhis' refusal to run for president. "Elect...
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After GN Azad’s Resignation, Congress Faces Mass Exit In Jammu and Kashmir

Over a dozen key Congress leaders have announced support to Ghulam Nabi Azad. (File)Srinagar: After veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad's exit, the Congress is facing an exodus in Jammu and Kashmir, his home turf. Around 100 leaders and party functionaries are set to resign today and join Mr Azad, who is planning to launch his own party.Tara Chand, former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister and several former ministers and legislators are among those quitting the Congress."Yes. I'm resigning from the Congress and joining Azad sahib" Mr Chand told NDTV.On Monday, four Congress leaders, including the former Deputy Speaker of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly, resigned.Mr Azad quit the Congress, his party of over five decades, on Friday, with a cutting resignation letter targeting the Gandhis, espec...
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“Congress Is Shrinking Due To Lack Of…”: BJP Chief JP Nadda

JP Nadda said that Congress is losing ground because it failed to reconcile local and national goals.Guwahati:  In a sharp attack on Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda on Monday, claimed that the grand old party was losing ground because it failed to reconcile local and national objectives."Why did Congress, the nation's oldest political party, continue to shrink? Why has it been getting weaker? due to the lack of integration between local and national aspirations," Mr Nadda said.Attacking the Opposition further, the BJP chief said people who have been associated with the party for more than 40 years are leaving because they realised it is a family party only."People who have been members of the Congress party for more than 40 years are leaving the party....
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Four Congress Leaders In Jammu And Kashmir Resign In Support Of GN Azad

Kathua/Jammu: 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 veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad.Mr Azad (73), a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, ended his five-decade association with the Congress on Friday, saying the party was "comprehensively destroyed" and lashing out at Rahul Gandhi for "demolishing" its entire consultative mechanism.Mr Malik, a former Congress MLA from Kathua's Bani, and two former MLCs -- Subash Gupta from Kathua and Sham Lal Bhagat from Doda -- separately forwarded their resignation letters to the party high-command."We have received the letters (of support) from Malik, Gupta and...
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Congress Needs Medicines More Than Wishes: GN Azad’s Latest Jibe At Gandhis

Ghulam Nabi Azad also accused the leadership of not having time for setting the organisation right.New Delhi: Launching a fresh attack on the Congress, its former leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said the party needs medicines for treating it which are being provided by compounders instead of doctors.Mr Azad also accused the leadership of not having time for setting the organisation right.Speaking to reporters at his residence, Mr Azad who quit the party on Friday last, alleged that the leaders being projected in the party in states are making party members leave instead of uniting them.He also said that he will not join the BJP as it will not help his politics in Jammu and Kashmir and that he would soon set up a new party there as assembly elections could be announced anytime."I give ...
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Party Will Not Survive A “Puppet President”, Says Congress’s Prithviraj Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan said elections should be held at every position in the party. (File)New Delhi: Former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday cautioned that the Congress will not survive if someone is made a "puppet president" as the party announced the schedule to elect its new chief.Stating that elections should be held for all posts, including the Congress Working Committee (CWC), Prithviraj Chavan who is a member of the G-23 dissident group said that urgent steps are needed to save the party and the "backseat driving" will not work.Senior Congress leader also said that if Rahul Gandhi does not want to become the president, then alternative arrangements should be made and a new Congress president should be elected through elections.On Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation, ...
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Another Congress Leader Quits Party, Joins Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Camp

He said the cream from the Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress has already gone.Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress suffered another jolt on Sunday as its senior leader and former minister Taj Mohiuddin quit from the party and joined Ghulam Nabi Azad-led front.He, however, made it clear that the Azad-led grouping will not ally with the BJP, but with National Conference or PDP."Today, I wrote to the Congress president and the general secretary and others that I am resigning from all the posts which I was holding, including the primary membership of Congress," Mohiuddin told reporters at a press conference here.He said he will join the Azad-led party.The former minister said the Azad-led party has no ties with the BJP and his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was pers...
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“GN Azad Became Free Now, But Amethi Liberated Long Back”: Smriti Irani

Smriti Irani defeated Rahul Gandhi in the Amethi parliamentary seat in 2019. (File)Amethi (UP): Taking a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Union minister Smriti Irani has said that Ghulam Nabi Azad has become "azad" (free) now but Amethi has been "liberated" long ago.Veteran Congress leader Azad, who ended his five-decade association with the grand old party on Friday, accused Rahul Gandhi of demolishing the entire consultative mechanism and also pinned the blame on him for the 2014 electoral debacle.To a question on Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra and Mr Azad leaving the Congress, Ms Irani told reporters in Amethi on Saturday evening, "Congress's own leadership is commenting especially on the Gandhi family, so we do not need to add anything to it. Ghulam Nabi Azad sahib became 'az...
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Telangana Congress Leader Quits, Says Rahul Gandhi “Caused Party’s Downfall”

MA Khan said he had been associated with the Congress for over four decades. (Representational)Hyderabad (Telangana): In yet another setback for Congress, party leader MA Khan resigned from the grand old party in Telangana on Saturday.Former member of Rajya Sabha Khan in his letter to senior Congress Leadership said the Indian National Congress Party has completely failed to persuade the public that it can reclaim its former grandeur and lead the country forward."As long as you are actively serving as the party's president, you meticulously followed the consultative process within the party, and you accorded the highest value to the opinion of the senior leader who has dedicated their lives to the party for decades, the party is strong and in a position to fight for the cause of the cou...
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Finally, Ghulam Nabi Azad Freed Himself: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Gwalior: Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Saturday said his former Congress colleague Ghulam Nabi Azad has finally "freed" himself, a day after the veteran leader ended his nearly five-decade-old association with the party."The internal situation of the Congress has been clear for many years now. But in the end, Ghulam Nabiji became free," Scindia, a former Congress leader who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2020, told reporters.Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all positions in the Congress, including its primary membership, by describing former Congress president Rahul Gandhi as "immature" and "childish" and accusing the leadership of "foisting a non-serious individual" at the helm of the party.Meanwhile, identifying himself as a BJP worker, the Union civil aviation mini...