Several leaders and activists, who resigned from the Congress following in Ghulam Nabi Azads footsteps, met under former Jammu and Kashmir minister G M Sarooris leadership to ramp up support for the senior leader in his next endeavour.
Azad, a Congress veteran who resigned from the party on August 26, is scheduled to reach Jammu on September 4. He has announced floating a new party beginning with Jammu and Kashmir where assembly polls are due.
“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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