Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 10: With two more leaders resigned from the newly floated Democratic Azad Party (DAP) of Ghulam Nabi Azad, General Secretary in-charge Communications of Congress party Jairam Ramesh mocked his former party colleague by calling his party a “Disappearing Azad Party”.
Jairam Ramesh reacted to a tweet of a Congress leader who pointed out toward resignation spree in the DAP.
“After Melbourne the fastest pitch to have the highest number of wicket fall is DAP”, a Congress leader tweeted.
Reacting to this tweet, Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “Disappearing Azad Party”. Earlier on Monday Jairam Ramesh asked Ghulam Nabi Azad to join Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. “If Ghulam Nabi Azad believes in Gandhian philosophy and secularism, he should join Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra”, he said. Meanwhile, two more senior leaders have resigned from former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad led Democratic Alliance Party in Jammu and Kashmir.
Former MLC Nizamuddin Khatana, who was general secretary of DAP, and Gulzar Ahmad have resigned from the party today.
They said the leaders have resigned from the basic membership and all posts of the party and have tendered their resignations to party high command.
“In view of the present political development, I, Choudhary Nizam ud din Khatana Former MLC, hereby tender my resignation from the post of General Secretary of DAP including the basic membership of DAP. This may be regarded as my resignation letter,” Khatana said in his resignation letter.
In December last year three leaders left the party including former chief minister Tara Chand, who joined back Congress in Delhi last week. |
