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Another Senior Jammu And Kashmir Congress Leader Resigns From Party

Earlier, Ghulam Nabi Azad ended his five-decade association with Congress. (Representational)Jammu: Congress leader and former legislator from Jammu and Kashmir Ashok Sharma on Saturday wrote to party president Sonia Gandhi and resigned from the organisation.The national coordinator of the All India Congress Committee's 'Vichar Vibhag' and a member Pradesh Executive Committee, stated that he took the "painful" decision due to the "prevailing situation and unavoidable circumstances".His resignation came close to the resignation of an ex-deputy chief minister, eight former ministers, an ex-MP, nine legislators and a large number of Panchayati Raj Institution members, municipal corporators and grassroots workers from across Jammu and Kashmir left the Congress to join the Ghulam Nabi Azad c...
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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...