Ghulam Nabi Azad is on a tour of Doda where he will meet many delegations
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir):
Former Parliament Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that only Congress can challenge Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections, while Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) “merely” is a party of UT Delhi”.
Months after exiting a decades-long association with the Congress party, Mr Azad said he was not against secularization but the party’s weak party system.
While speaking to the ANI in Srinagar, he said, “Although I have separated from Parliament, I am not against their policy of secularism. It is only because the party system is weakening. I still want the National Assembly to do well in Gujarat and HP Council Polls. AAP is not capable of doing so.”
Showing confidence in Parliament, he said the party would appeal to everyone, Hindu and Muslim farmers. He says Aam Aadmi Party cannot do anything in these states, they have failed in Punjab and Punjabi people will not vote for them anymore.
In a scathing attack on the Aam Aadmi Party, Mr. Azad said that “AAP is merely a party of UT Delhi. They cannot run Punjab effectively, only Congress can challenge the BJP in Gujarat. and Himachal Pradesh because they have an inclusive policy.”
Regarding Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman hinting that the Center is thinking of restoring the State status to J&K, he said that he has done this issue many times and if the Central Government does it, it is a step. welcome to go.
Ghulam Nabi Azad is on a tour of Doda where he will be meeting with multiple delegations and tackling more protests in the coming days.
Earlier, on August 26, Mr Azad quit his 52-year association with the Congress party. While in October, Azad announced his new political outfit as the ‘Democratic Azad Party’.
In his resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi, he targeted the party leadership, especially Rahul Gandhi, in the way the party has been run for almost nine years.
In the five-page letter, Mr. Azad claimed that one faction ran the party while Sonia Gandhi was only the “nominal leader” and that all major decisions were made by “Rahul Gandhi or worse by the leaders.” security guard and his PAs”.
Before that, he was the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha. Recounting his long association with the Games, Azad said that the situation at the party had reached the point of “no turning back.”
While Mr Azad took pictures of Sonia Gandhi in the letter, his strongest attack was on Rahul Gandhi and he described MP Wayand as a “non-serious individual” and “immature”. .
Elections in Gujarat will be held in two batches on December 1 and 5. Vote counting will take place on December 8.
BJP has won six consecutive opinion polls in Gujarat. Congress wants to make an early decision on the candidates to give them more time to campaign and is looking to push its campaign through yatras.
Unlike previous elections, this year the Aam Aadmi Party is also fighting with full force the election, led by Delhi Chief and AAP National convenor Arvind Kejriwal, has turned it into a triad contest sense.
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