Ghulam Nabi Azad supporters prepare to ramp up support for new political party

Press Trust of India • August 29, 2022, 10:09:58 IST

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

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Ghulam Nabi Azad supporters prepare to ramp up support for new political party

Jammu: Several leaders and activists, who resigned from the Congress following in Ghulam Nabi Azad’s footsteps, met under former Jammu and Kashmir minister GM Saroori’s leadership to ramp up support for the senior leader in his next endeavour.

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

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“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

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