Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress, blames Rahul for demolishing consultative mechanism in party

New Delhi: Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday severed all ties with the Congress, calling out Rahul Gandhi as a “non-serious and an immature individual”.

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In his five-page letter to Sonia Gandhi, he said, “The Indian National Congress has lost both the will and the ability under the tutelage of the coterie that runs the AICC to fight for what is right for India.”

“It is therefore with great regret and an extremely leaden heart that I have decided to sever my half-a century-old association with the Indian National Congress,” he wrote.

Praising Congress chief Sonia Gandhi for her sterling role in the formation of both the UPA-I and UPA-II, he said, “One  of the major reasons for this success was that as president you heeded to the wise counsel of senior leaders, besides trusting their judgement and delegating powers to them.”

“However, unfortunately after the entry of  Shri Rahul Gandhi into politics and particularly after January 2013, when he was appointed as Vice-President by you, the entire consultative mechanism which existed earlier was demolished by him,” he added.

This latest high-profile exit from the Congress party comes after the polls for the Congress
President were deferred. Azad’s resignation follows a series of exits of senior leaders from
the party, including Jyotiraditya Scindia, Jaiveer Shergil, Jitin Prasada, amongst others.

This development comes just weeks after Azad resigned from the post of Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress campaign committee, just hours after he was given the appointment.

According to sources, Azad had refused to assume the post of Chairman of the campaign committee citing “health reasons” and had conveyed the same to the Congress leadership, thanking them for the responsibility.

The move from Azad came at the time after disgruntled voices within the J&K unit of the Congress rose to a crescendo after the Congress leadership rejigged the whole unit.

“We are unhappy as senior leaders were not consulted before taking a decision on J&K PCC chief. We have resigned from the party’s coordination committee as a protest against the recent announcements of the PCC chief. I have resigned from the Congress’ primary membership,” said former Congress MLA Haji Abdul Rashid Dar.

Pertinent to mention here, Ghulam Nabi Azad is one of the group of 23 leaders who were vocal about a leadership change in the Congress and not being dependent on the Gandhi family for every major decision of the Congress party.

With inputs from agencies

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