{"id":49275,"date":"2021-12-06T10:13:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T04:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=49275"},"modified":"2021-12-06T10:13:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T04:43:55","slug":"no-intention-to-float-a-newparty-but-cannot-predict-the-future-in-politics-ghulamnabiazad-kashmir-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=49275","title":{"rendered":"‘No Intention’ to Float a New Party but ‘Cannot Predict’ the Future in Politics: Ghulam Nabi Azad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No intention of floating party, but for Kashmir cause, if necessary, Ghulam Nabi Azad today did not rule out the possibility of framing a new political outfit in near future.<\/em><\/strong> <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Daily Excelsior<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Srinagar<\/strong>: While claiming that \u2018anything can happen in politics anytime\u2019, former Union Minister and senior All India Congress Committee leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad today did not rule out the possibility of framing a new political outfit in near future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Amid speculations of creating new party and holding several impressive rallies across Jammu and Kashmir, the veteran Congress leader said that he has \u2018no intention\u2019 to float a new party but \u2018cannot predict\u2019 the future in politics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Azad had been addressing series of rallies across J&K which witnessed impressive response and also fuelled speculations that he is forming a new party. Adding much to the speculations, about two dozen Azad\u2019s loyalists have also resigned from Congress posts recently. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cRallies were meant to revive political activities that had stopped after Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of its Statehood and special status. There was no political activity for the last two and half years in J&K. No connectivity of the leaders with the public. I felt the need and took the lead but now the others are also following,\u201d Azad told reporters here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked whether he was going to float his own party, Azad remarked, \u201cNo one can say what will happen next in politics, like no one knows about death. In politics, no one can predict what will happen next, but I have no intentions to form a party.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Stating how there is no place for criticism today Azad said, \u201cNo one is challenging the leadership. Perhaps, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Ji had given me too much freedom to question when things were going wrong. They would never mind criticism. They would not see it as offensive. Today, the leadership sees it as offensive,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIndira Gandhi had once told me \u2018keep it up\u2019 when I refused to appoint two people she recommended as general secretaries in the Youth Congress and when Rajiv ji joined politics, Indira Gandhi called both of us and told Rajiv ji that Ghulam Nabi can even says no to me, but that \u2018no\u2019 doesn\u2019t mean disobeying or disrespect, that\u2019s for the good of the party. Today, no one is ready to listen to that no. For saying no, you become nobody today,\u201d Azad remarked. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Senior leaders of the party, who didn\u2019t want to be quoted said, \u201cthe party leadership must learn to trust its \u2018war horses\u2019. It should not isolate or sideline senior leaders who have stood through thick and thin with the party. They have given blood and sweat to the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The party must utilize their services to chalk out new political strategies. Azad had also accomplished some challenging tasks assigned to him by the party high command in the past, specially in Maharashtra and Karnataka\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

While referring to the recent stance of the party high command to promote \u2018Young Turks\u2019, leaders said, \u201cyoungsters Jyotiraditya Scindia, Youth Congress president Ashok Tanwar and Mahila Congress president, Sushmita Dev left the party. Even senior party leader Jitender Parsad quit and joined BJP, and later he became the minister\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The senior AICC leader claimed that he also wanted to quit politics, but decided to continue for lakhs of his supporters. He said the people did not allow him to do so. Azad said he wanted to revive political activities in J&K, and for this reason, he was holding series of rallies here and would continue to do so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Azad reiterated the demand for restoration of the Statehood of Jammu and Kashmir before Assembly elections, saying the bureaucracy is no match to popular rule in fulfilling the aspirations of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also added that the people of the country are suffering due to the price hike of essential commodities and the Congress has been fighting over it within and outside Parliament. Jihad (holy war) is not fighting against another religion. The real \u2018Jihad\u2019 is to wipe out poverty and unemployment which is our biggest enemy, rather than any leader or party, Azad said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe \u2018war\u2019 should not be against any religion but to wipe out poverty and unemployment which is our real enemy,\u201d the former J&K Chief Minister maintained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

With inputs from Daily Excelsior<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by Kashmir Today staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

No intention of floating party, but for Kashmir cause, if necessary, Ghulam Nabi Azad today did not rule out the possibility of framing a new political outfit in near future. Daily Excelsior Srinagar: While claiming that \u2018anything can happen in politics anytime\u2019, former Union Minister and senior All India Congress Committee leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21690,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49275\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}