On Monday, veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad launched his new party in Jammu. The former chief minister has announced the new party name as the ‘Democratic Azad Party’. Ghulam Nabi Azad was the chief minister of J-K from 2005 to 2008.
Talking about his party, Ghulam Nabi Azad in Jammu, said, “Around 1,500 names for my new party were sent to us, in Urdu, Sanskrit. The mix of Hindi & Urdu is ‘Hindustani’. We want the name to be democratic, peaceful & independent”. Flag of the party was also launched that has three colours – mustard, white and blue.
For the unversed, Ghulam Nabi Azad has quit Congress party on August 26 this year, terming the party “comprehensively destroyed”. He also pointed out Rahul Gandhi for “demolishing” the party’s entire consultative mechanism.
Over 13 prominent Congress leaders including former deputy chief minister Tara Chand and several former ministers and legislators also resigned from the Congress in support of Azad party. Two former legislators, one each of the PDP and Apni party, also followed suit.
Azad has earlier said that the top agendas of his Azad party will be to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood and to protect the land and job rights of its residents.
