Veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said he would launch a new party soon and that its first unit would be set up in Jammu and Kashmir.
Rajasthan's former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot Friday said senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from the Congress when there was a need for the country
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh on Friday targeted the Congress, saying the party under the current leadership is "doomed beyond redemption"
Leaders such as Jitin Prasada and Yogananda Shastri have also quit the Congress to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) respectively.
Former ministers R S Chib and G M Saroori, former MLA Mohammad Amin Bhat, former MLC Naresh Gupta and party leader Salman Nizami resigned in support of Azad, sources said.
He further said the Congress was already a sinking ship and with Azad's resignation, it is a "sunken ship" now
Congress sources said Azad's observations in the letter were more of a "personal vilification" targeting Rahul Gandhi.
Azad and Hooda are prominent leaders of the "Group of 23" (G-23) that has been critical of the Congress leadership's decisions
Ghulam Nabi Azad has blasted Rahul Gandhi and his coterie for the dismal performance of the party and termed the entire organisational election process a "farce and a sham"
Congress called Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation "unfortunate" and termed the timing "awful", saying it has come at a time when the party is engaged in combating the BJP on various issues
Hitting back at Azad over his criticism of the party leadership, the Congress linked his resignation to the end of his RS tenure and alleged his betrayal reveals that his DNA has "Modi-fied"
On August 17, Azad had quit from the post of chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress campaign committee just hours after his appointment as the head
After Ghulam Nabi Azad quit as the campaign committee Chairman hours after his appointment, sources in the Congress claimed that the party had held extensive consultations with him on every committee
Live news updates: Gandhi also appointed Vikar Rasool Wani, considered close to Azad, as the new JK unit chief
Azad is a prominent member of the G23 grouping within the Congress, which has been critical of the leadership and has been seeking an organisational overhaul
Former chief minister and senior Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday.
This year, no names were announced for 'Bharat Ratna', India's highest civilian award, which was last awarded in 2019 to Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika
Azad is likely to be sent to the upper house while Anand Sharma, whose term expires on April 2, will be given important role in the Assembly polls
Stating that political parties, including Congress, create division among people on various grounds, former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad,
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