Big blow to Congress, Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all party posts
“Senior Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned from the party. For some time now, he has been unhappy with the policies and practices of the party. Ghulam Nabi Azad was also a member of the G23 group of Congress rebel leaders”
Highlights:
• Senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned from the Congress.
• Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned from all party posts. He has submitted his resignation to Sonia Gandhi.
The troubles of the Congress are not in the name of diminishing. On Friday, once again the Congress got a big setback. Senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned from the Congress.
After Kapil Sibal, he is the second big leader of the G23 group who has said goodbye to the Congress. Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation comes at a time when the Congress is struggling to elect its full-time president.An important meeting is going to be held on August 28 in this episode. But even before this, the resignation of Ghulam Nabi Azad could increase the troubles of the Congress. Ghulam Nabi Azad has resigned from all party posts. He has submitted his resignation to Sonia Gandhi.
Resigned from the post of chairman of campaign committee
Azad had resigned from the post a few hours after he was made the chairman of the campaign committee in Jammu and Kashmir. It was then that allegations were being made that Ghulam Nabi Azad would not stay in the Congress for long.In fact, Sonia Gandhi wanted the Congress to contest the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir under the leadership of Azad. This was the reason why he was made the chairman of the election campaign committee.
Five-page resignation letter
According to the information received, Ghulam Nabi Azad has sent his five-page resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi. In this letter, Ghulam Nabi Azad has blamed Rahul Gandhi for the bad condition of Congress. He has said that after 2019, the condition of the party has worsened. Rahul Gandhi’s ordinance tearing was immature. Ghulam Nabi said that all senior leaders in the party have been sidelined. Election drama is going on inside the organisation.
Rahul Gandhi responsible for the condition of Congress : Ghulam Nabi azad
Ghulam Nabi azad Azad has said that all the decisions of Congress are being taken by a remote control model. Decisions are being taken by Rahul Gandhi and his security personnel. He has also written that Rahul Gandhi is responsible for this condition of Congress. Under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, the Congress has suffered a bad defeat in the two Lok Sabha elections.
The party’s performance has also been poor in 39 assembly elections. Instead of Bharat Jodo Yatra, Congress Jodo Yatra should be taken out.
Political Journey of Ghulam Nabi Azad
Ghulam Nabi Azad started politics in 1973 as the secretary of the Block Congress Committee in Bhalswa. This was the time when the eyes of the Congress fell on its future leader and the Congress chose Azad as the President of the Youth Congress, seeing his activism and style. He contested and won the first parliamentary election in 1990 from Washim constituency in Maharashtra.
After this, in 1992, Ghulam Nabi Azad was successful in making a place in the cabinet as a Union Minister. In the year 2005, Ghulam Nabi Azad became the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. From here, his stature in the Congress increased a bit more. During Azad’s tenure as the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee, the Congress had won 21 seats in the assembly elections. As a result, Congress emerged as the second largest political party in the state. Azad was re-elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in 2008 from Bhaderwah.
After this, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha for the fourth term in 2009 and later Ghulam Nabi Azad, appointed as the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, was elected Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha in the year 2014. Whereas in 2015 he was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha for the fifth time.
PM Modi also praised
During the end of the term of Ghulam Nabi Azad in the Rajya Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi also praised him fiercely. During that time it was also being said that Azad might change his side. But it didn’t happen.
