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| Amid spree of resignations, Rajni Patil on job to lure Azad loyalists | | |  Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 27: Amid a spree of resignations by loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Congress high-command has started an aggressive campaign to keep the party’s flock together in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
While party leaders on Saturday tried to put up a brave face by seeking to downplay the resignations of senior leaders in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad, the party high command has asked Rajya Sabha member Rajni Patil to contact loyalists of Azad in J&K.
Rajni Patil is the All India Congress Committee (AICC) incharge of the J&K unit of the Congress party. Rajni Patil is reaching Jammu on August 30 with the newly appointed Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Vikar Rasool Wani.
“In the wake of a spate of resignations by loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad, the central leadership has asked Rajni Patil to open a channel of communication with those who owe their allegiance to the former leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha”, a source in the Congress said and revealed that many leaders are already in the queue to submit their resignations in support of Azad.
Over a dozen Congress leaders including three former cabinet ministers have submitted their resignation to express loyalty to Ghulam Nabi Azad but many more are still in a dilemma.
“Congress leadership will contact those loyalists of Azad who have yet not submitted their resignations”, sources said and it was all due to this exercise that many Azad loyalists are doubleminded to submit their resignations.
After submitting their resignations loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad reached Delhi on Saturday morning to express their solidarity with their leader.
Azad loyalists are issuing statements from Delhi and posting pictures on social media to give a message to the party that more leaders are going to desert the Congress party.
As reported earlier, eight former legislators including three former cabinet ministers submitted their resignations so far. Many others to follow suit in the next couple of days. |
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