Ghulam Nabi Azad will form national political party soon, hold key meet in J&K, says aide

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

Jammu,
Aug
29:
Days
after
former
Jammu
and
Kashmr
(J&K)
Chief
Minister
and
senior
Congress
leader
Ghulam
Nabi
Azad
resigned
from
the
party,
a
close
confidant
of
Azad
has
said
that
he
will
float
a
national
political
party
where
assembly
polls
are
due.

Scores
of
leaders
and
activists,
who
resigned
from
the
Congress
following
in
Ghulam
Nabi
Azad’s
footsteps,
met
under
the
leadership
of
former
Jammu
and
Kashmir
minister
G
M
Saroori
on
Sunday.

Azad,
a
Congress
veteran
who
resigned
from
the
party
on
August
26,
is
scheduled
to
reach
Jammu
on
September
4.
He
has
announced
floating
a
new
party
beginning
with
Jammu
and
Kashmir
where
assembly
polls
are
due.

G
N
Azad
to
launch
new
political
party
in
14
days
with
first
unit
in
Kashmir

“Over
500
prominent
Congress
leaders
and
workers,
including
corporators,
panchayat
members
and
block-level
leaders,
have
resigned
from
the
party
in
support
of
Azad.
The
meeting
was
convened
to
send
a
message
that
we
all
are
with
Azad,”
Saroori
told
PTI.

“In
the
coming
days,
you
will
see
political
stalwarts
across
the
country
strengthening
the
hands
of
Azad
by
becoming
members
of
his
party.
Since
J&K
is
likely
to
go
for
assembly
elections
after
the
completion
of
a
special
summary
revision
of
electoral
rolls
on
November
25,
the
focus
of
Azad
is
here,”
he
said.

Saroori,
a
former
vice
president
of
the
Congress
state
unit,
said
the
new
party
will
contest
in
all
the
90
assembly
seats
and
“we
are
confident
that
Azad
will
be
the
next
chief
minister
of
Jammu
and
Kashmir.”

He
said
the
doors
of
the
new
party
would
be
open
to
all
secular-minded
people
and
parties.

Ghulam
Nabi
Azad
to
float
new
party
after
quitting
Congress

Former
legislators
Haji
Abdul
Rashid,
Mohammad
Amin
Bhat,
Gulzar
Ahmad
Wani
and
Choudhary
Mohd
Akram
were
present
in
the
meeting,
which
saw
several
new
faces
including
former
advocate
general
Mohammad
Aslam
Goni
joining
the
Azad
camp.

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