Ghulam Nabi Azad Announces New Party in J&K, Demands Full Statehood, Land Rights
At a rally in Jammu, Ghulam Nabi Azad said that he is yet to decide a name and flag for his new party.
Former Congress parliamentarian Ghulam Nabi Azad, while announcing a new political party at a rally in Jammu on Sunday, 4 September, said that his party would fight for full statehood, land rights, job opportunities, and rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley.
"I have not decided upon a name for my party yet. The people of Jammu and Kashmir will decide the name and the flag for the party. My party will focus on the restoration of full statehood, right to land. and employment to native domicile."
Ghulam Nabi Azad
Azad, who recently broke his five-decade-long association with the Congress, while taking a jibe at the party said, "We built the Congress with our blood, not by computers, not by Twitter. People are trying to defame us but their reach is limited to computers and tweets. That is the reason Congress is nowhere to be seen on the ground."
Azad was accorded a grand reception at the airport in Jammu, where "around 20,000 supporters of Azab sahib are expected at the public meeting," former Congress leader GM Saroori had told reporters.
Saroori is one among over two dozen leaders from the region – including one former deputy chief minister, one former MP, and eight former ministers – who quit the Congress in support of Azad.
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