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Democratic Azad Party chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad has reiterated the demand for the restoration of statehood ahead of the assembly elections scheduled next year.
In a report by ANI, Former Congress Rajya Sabha MP and Democratic Azad Party chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad addressed a public rally in Kathua and launched three main agendas of his outfit. “We have three main agendas, first to restore statehood, second to reserve the rights of purchasing lands for J&K people only, and third to reserve jobs rights only for local youth”, Azad said in a public rally. Adding that we will not step back until these agendas are fulfilled.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has announced that his new political outfit will be named as ‘Democratic Azad Party’.
It may recalled , Azad, in his first public meeting in Jammu after quitting Congress, had announced to launch of his own political outfit that will focus on the restoration of full statehood.
Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from Congress in August 26 after being part of the outfit for 52 years.
In his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi, he had targeted party leadership, particularly Rahul Gandhi, over the way the party has been run in the past nearly nine years.
