Another jolt to Congress after Azad’s exit, 5 J&K leaders quit party citing support to him

New Delhi: Ghulam Nabi Azad’s resignation from the all posts of Congress party including the primary membership has led to spate of resignations especially from party’s Jammu & Kashmir unit.

5 J&K Congress leaders and also the ex-MLAs have quit the party, showing solidarity with Ghulam Nabi Azad. Those J&K leaders who announced resignation from the party include GM Saroori, Haji Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amin Bhat, Gulzar Ahmad Wani and Choudhary Mohd Akram.

“We the 5 ex-MLAs (GM Saroori, Haji Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amin Bhat, Gulzar Ahmad Wani and Choudhary Mohd Akram) are resigning from the Congress party in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Now, only the JKPC president will be left alone,” a combined resignation letter by GM Saroori said.

We the 5 ex-MLAs (GM Saroori, Haji Abdul Rashid, Mohd Amin Bhat, Gulzar Ahmad Wani and Choudhary Mohd Akram) are resigning from the Congress party in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad. Now, only JKPC president will be left alone: J&K Congress leader GM Saroori pic.twitter.com/SBruwhslHa

— ANI (@ANI) August 26, 2022

RS Chib, a former minister also tendered his resignation from the primary membership of the party.

J&K | Senior Congress Leader & Former Minister RS Chib resigns from Primary membership of Congress soon after the resignation of Ghulam Nabi Azad pic.twitter.com/HPFgfb886W

— ANI (@ANI) August 26, 2022

Earlier in the day, party veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all posts of the party ahead of organisational elections and accused the leadership of committing “fraud” in the party in name of “sham” internal polls.

In his resignation letter, Azad tore into Rahul Gandhi and alleged that all key decisions in the party were being taken by Gandhi’s security guards and personal assistants.

In the stinging letter, Azad also claimed that “remote control model” had demolished the institutional integrity of the Congress.

“All senior and experienced leaders were sidelined and the new coterie of inexperienced sycophants started running the affairs of the party,” he alleged.

Azad’s exit from the grand old party comes a day after young face Jaiveer Shergill announced quitting the party. Ghulam Nazi is the third Cong veteran to say goodbye to party in last few months, the other two being Kapil Sibal and Ashwani Kumar.

Azad is the latest in a series of high-profile leaders who exited Congress. Earlier, the exit of Kapil Sibal and Ashwani Kumar had jolted the Congress.