Gulam Nabi Azad, in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi resigned from all positions of the Congress party including the primary membership.
New Delhi: Former Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad, who resigned from the grand old party recently said that he was โforcedโ to leave.
Speaking to media persons in the national capital, Azad said, โI have been forced to leave my home.โ Taking a dig at the Congress over his resignation, he said, โModi is an excuse, they have had an issue with me since the G23 letter was written. They never wanted anyone to write to them, question them.โ
โSeveral (Congress) meetings happened, but not even a single suggestion was taken,โ added Azad.
Azad on Friday resigned from all posts of the party citing the โimmaturityโ of Rahul Gandhi whom he blamed for โdemolishing the consultative mechanismโ in the party.
In a hard-hitting 5 page note to party interim president Sonia Gandhi, Azad claimed that a coterie runs the party while she was just a nominal head and all the major decisions were taken by โShri Rahul Gandhi or rather worse his security guards and PAsโ.
The development comes days after Azad resigned from the organisational post of Jammu and Kashmir.
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Azad wrote, โSince the 2019 elections the situation in the party has only worsened. After. Rahul Gandhi stepped down in a โhuffโ and not before insulting all the senior Party functionaries who have given their lives to the party in a meeting of the extended Working Committee, you took over as interim President. A position that you have continue to hold even today for the past three years.โ
Several political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday met veteran leader Gulam Nabi Azad, who is planning to launch a new national party, a day after tendering resignations from all posts of Congress.
โMLAs from Jammu and Kashmir are here. A few more-some senior leaders and ex-ministers-will come in the evening. Azad Saโab said a national party will be formed, weโll begin from J&K and the upcoming poll will be fought strongly. Donโt want to reply to comments, weโll reply with a victory,โ said ex-Congress leader Salman Nizami.
The meeting came within 24 hours of Azadโs resignation from all posts in Congress and it holds importance as the polls in the valley are likely to be held later this year.
โUnder the leadership of Azad ji we will launch a national party and the work will begin from Jammu and Kashmir. Azad ji will go to J&K and will form an alliance with like-minded parties and leaders. All the criticism coming Azad Jiโs way will be answered by winning elections,โ ex- Congress leader Salman Nizami had earlier announced.
The decision to launch a new national party came just hours after the veteran Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad, in a letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi resigned from all positions of the Congress party including the primary membership.
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