Over 50 Jammu and Kashmir Congress leaders quit party in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad
The Hindu
Leaders, including former J&K deputy CM Tara Chand, sent a joint resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi
More than 50 senior Congress leaders, including former Jammu and Kashmir deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, resigned from the party in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad in Jammu on Tuesday.
They submitted a joint resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Mr. Chand and several others, including former ministers Abdul Majid Wani, Manohar Lal Sharma, Gharu Ram and former MLA Balwan Singh, announced their resignations from their party, including its primary membership, at a press conference.
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"We have submitted a joint resignation letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi in support of Mr. Azad," Balwan Singh said.
Mr. Azad, 73, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, ended his five-decade association with the Congress on Friday, terming the party “comprehensively destroyed” and lashing out at Rahul Gandhi for “demolishing” its entire consultative mechanism.
He will soon a launch a national-level party from Jammu and Kashmir.