GN Azad Explains To Congress "G-23" Leaders Why He Quit "Without Telling"
NDTV
Ghulam Nabi Azad has said he will launch a party in Jammu and Kashmir. The announcement has triggered an exodus in the Jammu and Kashmir Congress.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda.
The three leaders met with Mr Azad at his home in Delhi to take stock of the situation in the party and to ask him why he quit "without consulting them," according to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan.
Mr Azad explained that he was kept away from the party, Mr Chavan said.
Mr Azad quit his party of five decades on Friday, slamming Rahul Gandhi in a five-letter resignation letter to Sonia Gandhi. He accused Rahul Gandhi of "childish behaviour and immaturity" and blamed him for the Congress's decline and election defeats.
