Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad was in Jammu on Sunday. The way his attitude appeared, it was reflected that he is in a mood to shun politics. He appreciated civil society openly. But before that, he held all political parties including his own party responsible for religious and social disintegration. It seemed from his attitude that he was fed up with politics and was in a mood to say goodbye. They can remain active through civil society.
Ghulam Nabi Azad said that political parties are responsible for 90 percent of the evils in the society. He said – I am addressing the civil society of Jammu not as a leader of the Congress party but as a human being.
Ghulam Nabi Azad said that forty years ago Gandhian people were seen everywhere in the country, but now these people have become very less. Congress has also shrunk in the same way. He said that he has been in the Congress for 47 years and everyone knows that he is in the Congress from the very beginning, but first he is a Gandhian and then a Congressman.
Azad said that I believe that Mahatma Gandhi was the biggest Hindu and secularist. On the issue of Kashmiri Pandits, he said that Pakistan and terrorism are responsible for what happened in Jammu and Kashmir. He said that Pakistan inspired terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir has affected all Hindus, Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Muslims, Dogras.
This is the first time Ghulamnabi has spoken in this manner after the defeat in five states. In the CWC meeting on Sunday, the leaders of his faction were sharp. Kapil Sibal had even spoken of blowing the bugle against the Gandhi family. But in the later period, the people of G23 seemed to distance themselves from Sibal’s statement. The meeting to be held at his home was also cancelled. Azad was seen saying that Sonia also wanted the betterment of the party.