‘Forced to leave home’: Ghulam Nabi Azad after quitting Congress
Days after resigning from Congress, veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday said that he has been “forced to leave” his home.
Delhi | I have been forced to leave my home: Ghulam Nabi Azad pic.twitter.com/oK3xBwrlu9
— ANI (@ANI) August 29, 2022
Speaking to reporters in Delhi, Azad said, “Modi is an excuse, they have had an issue with me since the G23 letter was written. They never wanted anyone to write to them, question them… Several (Congress) meetings happened, but not even a single suggestion was taken.”
Delhi | Modi is an excuse, they have had an issue with me since the G23 letter was written. They never wanted anyone to write to them, question them… Several (Congress) meetings happened, but not even a single suggestion was taken: Ghulam Nabi Azad pic.twitter.com/gBIYPTx2IZ
— ANI (@ANI) August 29, 2022
In his resignation letter addressed to Sonia Gandhi, Azad had accused Rahul Gandhi of “demolishing” the “entire consultative mechanism” in the party, sidelining all “senior and experienced” leaders, and letting a “new coterie” of “inexperienced sycophants” run the party.
#WATCH | Ghulam Nabi Azad takes jibe at Rahul Gandhi’s hug to PM Modi in Parliament, says “It’s not me who is entangled with Modi, it’s him.” pic.twitter.com/E7K4a0uBMt
— ANI (@ANI) August 29, 2022
Azad is the fourth leader of the G-23 to leave the party after Kapil Sibal, Jitin Prasada and Yoganand Shastri.
Before Azad, only a few leaders had attacked Rahul in such a blistering fashion after they left. The first perhaps was Himanta Biswa Sarma, who joined the BJP after quitting Congress.
Azad was a member of the Congress Working Committee and a member of the Sonia Gandhi-headed political affairs group.
