Politics is either about earning money or fame today: Ghulam Nabi Azad
India | March 24, 2022 8:13 ISTAzad expressed concern about the deteriorating situation of the judiciary system and the purported delay in the appointment of judges.
Azad expressed concern about the deteriorating situation of the judiciary system and the purported delay in the appointment of judges.
Ghulam Nabi Azad was honoured with the Padma Bhushan, the third-highest civilian award in the country, on Monday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Ghulam Nabi Azad stressed for a change in civil society so that the people can stand for their rights. The senior leader recently met the interim president of Congress Sonia Gandhi after the poll rout as an emissary of G23 to press for collective leadership.
G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, while members of the dissenting group in the Congress Thursday held a flurry of meetings.
Azad is also likely to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday, while members of the dissenting group in the Congress Thursday held a flurry of meetings where they insisted they will fight for revamping the party while staying within its fold.
Sources said Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also be present at meeting. Azad's meeting with the Gandhis carries much significance amid dissatisfaction of G-23 leaders over the working style of the Congress leadership.
We demand the Congress party to initiate dialogue with other likeminded forces to create a platform to pave way for a credible alternative for 2024: Joint statement of Congress' G 23 leaders.
Leaders present at Azad's residence are: Kapil Sibal, Manish Tiwari, Anand Sharma, Bhupender Singh Hooda, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Prithviraj Chavan, Manishankar Aiyyar, Shankarsinh Vaghela, Praneet Kaur, P.J Kurien, Sandeep Dixit, Raj Babbar, Shashi Tharoor.
Mubashir Azad joined BJP and said he was "influenced by PM Modi's developmental works at the ground level.
Veteran Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Azad, who was part of the group of 23 which has been critical of the party leadership and has sought an organisational overhaul, has been awarded the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to public affairs.
The Govt's decision to honour Ghulam Nabi Azad has exposed the wide divide within the Congress yet again.
His statement comes after Opposition in Karnataka alleged that the anti-conversion bill is being proposed in the state to "target a particular religion."
Ghulam Nabi Azad said that he prays that Congress gets 300+ seats in the elections but he doesn’t see it happening in the next polls.
The senior Congress leader said the priority was not who becomes the chief minister but how to restore the August 4, 2019 position in J-K.
The book, Sunrise Over Ayodhya Nationhood in Our Times, by former Union minister Khurshid on the Ayodhya verdict was released on Wednesday.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "When PM invited political leaders from Kashmir at his residence, I had demanded that we'd like to have statehood followed by the elections. Other parties also demanded. Home Minister assured us that statehood will be granted and delimitation commission will give the report."
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, while talking to the media on August 10, said that the restoration of full statehood of J&K is important prior to the elections.
Ghulam Nabi Azad said that Jammu and Kashmir's statehood should be restored before the assembly elections.
Ghulam Nabi Azad, while talking to media on Monday night, was referring to the restoration of statehood and holding elections after delimitation in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Delimitation Commission arrived here Thursday on the second leg of its four-day Jammu & Kashmir visit and interacted with dozens of political leaders and civil society groups.
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