Your Daily Wrap: Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress; Kejriwal attacks BJP on CBI raids; and more

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Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from the party and launched a blistering no-holds-barred attack on Rahul Gandhi. Singling out Rahul, whom he called a “non-serious individual”, Azad said he had “demolished” the “entire consultative mechanism” in the party. Azad was a member of the Congress Working Committee andRead More →

‘Unfortunate that we have had to read this letter’: Politician leaders across party lines react to Ghulam Nabi Azad’s Congress exit

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Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad quit the Congress party and resigned from all his posts on Friday. In a strongly-worded letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, Azad said, “The entire organisational election process is a farce and a sham. At no place anywhere in the country have elections beenRead More →

Ghulam Nabi Azad quits Congress, says Rahul Gandhi ‘demolished party’s consultative mechanism’

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Veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Friday quit the Congress party and resigned from all his posts. In a five-page letter addressed to party president Sonia Gandhi, Azad said the situation in the Congress has reached a point of “no return”. “The entire organisational election process is a farce andRead More →

ED questions Sonia | ‘Aged and ailing’: Azad makes emotional pitch, party holds protests

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As the Enforcement Directorate questioned Sonia Gandhi for the third time, the Congress on Wednesday fielded veterans Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma — the two prominent members of the G23 that has been critical of the leadership’s style of functioning — to defend her. Azad made an emotional pitchRead More →

Indulging dissenters too much will encourage more dissent: Jakhar on Sonia’s meet with G-23 leaders

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“Indulging the dissenters – ‘too much’ – will not only undermine the authority but also encourage more dissent while discouraging the cadre at the same time,” he tweeted. He also posted his tweet in Hindi, saying, “Jhukh Kar Salaam Karne Mein Kya Harj Hai Magar, Sar Itna Mat Jhukao KiRead More →