Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 17: Some Congress leaders of the erstwhile G-23 group have started negotiations with the party to explore possibilities of veteran politician Ghulam Nabi Azad’s “Gharwapsi” in the party.
Although things are yet to be materialized, efforts have been started to convince the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) to merge his political outfit with the Congress party ahead of the Assembly polls in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Highly placed sources said that some leaders of the erstwhile G-23 group of the Congress, who have cordial relations with Ghulam Nabi Azad, have initiated efforts to open a channel of communication with the party's high command to ensure “Gharwapsi” of the veteran politician in the party.
Sources said that leaders of the G-23 group have taken consent from Ghulam Nabi Azad before taking the matter before the party’s top leadership. “Following the Although things are yet to be materialized, efforts have been started to convince Azad to merge his party with the Congress ahead of the Assembly polls in J&K.
Some leaders of the erstwhile G-23 group of the Congress, who have cordial relations with Azad, have opened a communication channel with the Congress high command to ensure Azad's “Gharwapsi”.
Today one of the prominent leader of DPAP Taj Mohi-ud-Din has announced to rejoin the Congress.
Important to mention here that Ghulam Nabi Azad was the leader of the group of dissident Congress leaders who wrote a letter to the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi in August 2020.
As 23 leaders wrote a hard-hitting letter to Sonia Gandhi, this group of dissident Congress leaders was termed as G-23 Group within the party.
While the majority of these dissident leaders remained in the party and were later assigned important assignments, Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from the Congress in August 2022 and floated the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) in September 2022. | 