Joined Congress when it was ‘taboo’ in J&K: Ghulam Nabi Azad in resignation letter

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New
Delhi,
Aug
26:
Dealing
a
huge
blow,
veteran
leader,
Ghulam
Nabi
Azad
quit
the
Congress
today.

In
his
five
page
resignation
letter,
the
73
year
old
leader
who
earlier
this
year
received
the
Padma
Bhushan
wrote
about
how
he
had
joined
the
party
when
it
was
still
a
taboo
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir.

“I
had
joined
the
Indian
National
Congress
in
1970s
when
it
was
still
a
taboo
to
be
associated
with
the
party
given
its
chequered
history
in
the
state
from
August
8,
1953
onwards
–
the
arrest
of
Sheikh
Mohammad
Abdullah
being
the
nadir
of
its
political
myopia,”
he
wrote.

He
also
said
that
he
drew
inspiration
from
Mahatma
Gandhi,
Jawaharlal
Nehru
and
Sardar
Vallabhai
Patel.
“Subsequently
on
insistence
of
Sanjay
Gandhi,
I
agreed
to
shoulder
the
responsibility
of
Jammu
and
Kashmir
Youth
National
Congress
in
1975-76,” he
further
wrote.