Ghulam Nabi Azad's Supporters Meet In Jammu Ahead Of New Party Launch

Ghulam Nabi Azad has announced launching a new party beginning with Jammu and Kashmir where assembly polls are due.

Several leaders and activists, who resigned from Congress following in Ghulam Nabi Azad's footsteps, met under former Jammu and Kashmir minister GM Saroori's leadership to ramp up support for the senior leader in his next endeavour.

Mr Azad, a Congress veteran who resigned from the party on August 26, is scheduled to reach Jammu on September 4. He has announced launching a new party beginning with Jammu and Kashmir where assembly polls are due.

"Over 500 prominent Congress leaders and workers, including corporators, panchayat members and block-level leaders, have resigned from the party in support of Azad. The meeting was convened to send a message that we all are with Azad," Mr Saroori told PTI late on Sunday.

"In the coming days, you will see political stalwarts across the country strengthening the hands of Azad by becoming members of his party. Since Jammu and Kashmir is likely to go for assembly elections after the completion of a special summary revision of electoral rolls on November 25, the focus of Azad is here," he said.