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| Flip-Flop: Amin Bhat says Cong zero without Azad, retracts from ‘shoot me at Lal Chowk’ statement | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 9: Within hours after giving a highly explosive statement about the present position of the party in J&K, Mohammad Amin Bhat-a two-time Congress MLA and a staunch supporter of Ghulam Nabi Azad retracted from his earlier remarks.
His statement that Congress will not win even a single seat in the coming assembly elections evoked a strong reaction and the party sought clarification from him.
Retracting his earlier statement, Bhat said that he had said that without Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress will not form the government in the upcoming election in Jammu and Kashmir.
Bhat, who was a former president of the J&K Youth Congress said he only stated that without Ghulam Nabi Azad party is zero in J&K.
“During a meeting with the party in-charge of Jammu and Kashmir Rajni Patel I had said that if Ghulam Nabi Azad is not declared the CM candidate or he is not made the party president, then Congress is zero here”, Bhat said.
Mohammad Amin Bhat on Sunday challenged that Congress will not win even a single seat in coming assembly elections in J&K. “If Congress wins even a single seat in Jammu and Kashmir, shoot me at Lal Chowk”, Bhat reportedly told party leaders during a meeting at Srinagar on Sunday.
Bhat is a staunch loyalist of the former leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad. He has been demanding that Azad must be declared the chief ministerial candidate of the party in J&K.
Bhat is among those loyalists of Azad who have already submitted their resignations from all posts of the Congress party.
In November 2021, Azad loyalists resigned from all posts of the Congress party. And, they have submitted their resignations directly to Sonia Gandhi.
Bhat said that the situation is not good for Congress in the state at this time.
“Without Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Congress is zero. If today you declare Azad not party president but CM candidate, then you will see that our government will be formed,” he claimed.
As Congress leaders took strong exception to his statement and demanded action, Mohammad Amin Bhat was quick to retract and pointed out that his statement was misquoted.
“I only said that if Ghulam Nabi Azad is not declared the chief ministerial candidate or he is not made the party president, then Congress is zero in J&K”, he clarified
He further said that Azad is loved by Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs as well because he has always stood for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. |
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