Former Jammu and Kashmir CM and veteran Politician Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all positions including the party primary membership on August 26.
“I have decided to sever my half-a century-old association with the INC (Indian National Congress) and hereby resigned from all my positions including the primary membership,” Azad said in a letter addressed to Congress party president Sonia Gandhi.
The resignation of Azad comes days after he declined the post of party’s campaign chief in Jammu & Kashmir.
Despite serving eight terms in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, who retired from the Upper House in March, was not renominated to Rajya Sabha by the Congress.
PM Narendra Modi had turned emotional while bidding farewell to Azad in the Rajya Sabha.
In January, the Centre’s call to award Azad the Padma Bhushan sparked a battle within the party with some celebrating while others slammed the senior leader for accepting the award.
