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Ghulam Nabi Azad (born 7 March 1949) is an Indian politician who served as Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha between 2014 and 2021. He also served as the Chief Minister of erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir from 2005 to 2008.
- Long innings: Azad gave a detailed description of his stint in Congress, emphasising that he joined in the mid-1970s and had done so at the insistence of the late Sanjay Gandhi.
- Ripping into Rahul: While praising Sona Gandhi's stewardship of the party, Azad was savage in his assessment of Rahul Gandhi. He accused Rahul of demolishing the "consultative mechanism" in the party and "sidelining" all senior and experienced leaders and trusting a "new coterie of inexperienced sycophants" to run the party.
- Remote control model: Azad said the "remote control" model, which had demolished the institutional integrity of the UPA government, now got applied to the Indian National Congress.
- Feedback ignored: The J&K veteran said after Sonia took over as Congress president, the leadership had met for a brainstorming session in Panchmarhi in October 1998.
Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who served the grand old party for 52 years, on Friday resigned from all positions, including its primary membership, sending a five-page letter to...
- August 26, 2022
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Aug 26, 2022 · Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all posts of the party; Azad's resignation letter said that the situation in the Congress party has reached a point of no return; He also criticised Rahul Gandhi for demolishing the party’s existing consultive mechanisms
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Aug 27, 2022 · A Union Minister at the age of 33, a former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, a two-term Lok Sabha and five-term Rajya Sabha member, a former Leader of the Opposition (LoP) and a member of the...
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Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all posts of the party, including the primary membership, sending a five-page note to party interim president Sonia Gandhi...
Aug 26, 2022 · Ghulam Nabi Azad's resignation from the Congress on Friday marked the most high-profile exit of one of the "Group of 23" (G-23) leaders, who had written to party chief Sonia Gandhi two...
