Who is Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Cong veteran who quit party after serving for 5 decades?
Ghulam Nabi Azad quit the Congress on Friday after resigning from the primary membership of the party after serving it for over 50 years.
New Delhi: Ghulam Nabi Azad quit the Congress on Friday after resigning from the primary membership of the party after serving it for over 50 years. He also wrote a four-page long letter to Congress President in this regard. Azad openly blamed Rahul Gandhi in his letter for being one of the primary reasons to leave the party.
He added that all senior and experienced leaders were sidelined and new coterie of inexperienced sycophants started running the affairs of the party. The 73-year-old leader also said that the party’s situation has only worsened since the 2019 election.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad severs all ties with Congress Party pic.twitter.com/RuVvRqGSj5
— ANI (@ANI) August 26, 2022
Below here, we are going to tell you about Ghulam Nabi Azad’s personal life and political career.
Who is Ghulam Nabi Azad?
Ghulam Nabi Azad was born on March 7, 1949, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhalessa to Rahmatullah Batt and Basa Begum. He studied Bachelor of Science degree at Gandhi Memorial Science College, Jammu (1970). In 1972, he completed a Zoology degree from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar.
The former Congress leader married Shameen Dev Azad in 1980. He has two children — Saddam Nabi Azad and Sofiya Nabi Azad. He also received Padma Bhushan in 2002.
How did Ghulam Nabi Azad start his Political career?
Ghulam Nabi Azad begin his political career when he became the Secretary for the Block Congress Committee from Bhalessa in 1973. After two years, he was appointed as the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. In 1980, he was given the responsibility to serve as the President of the All-India Youth Congress.
In the same year, he was elected to the 7th Lok Sabha from Maharashtra’s Washim and became the Deputy Minister in the state in 1982. He again won the election in the 8th Lok Sabha election in 1984 and served as a member from Maharashtra in Rajya Sabha between 1990-96.
From his home state, he served the upper house from November 30, 1996, to January 29, 2006. He also served as the 7th Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister from 2005 to 2008.