Democratic Progressive Azad Party claims Congress spreading rumours of former Jammu and Kashmir CM Ghulam Nabi Azad joining

Arjun Sharma

Jammu, August 18

With the reports of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad joining Congress doing the rounds, his party Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) has claimed these to be rumours being spread by the Congress.

“Rumours are being spread by Congress leaders of Jammu & Kashmir for the last two weeks that Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad and his party is joining Congress. It is also being spread that Mr. Azad was approached by the central Congress leadership to join the Congress Party” Salman Nizami who is the chief spokesperson of DPAP said in a statement.

Nizami further said “As chief spokesperson of DPAP, let me make it clear, on behalf of the party Chairman, that ever since Mr. Azad has left Congress Party, neither Mr. Azad has approached any congress leader nor any congress leader has ever approached Mr. Azad directly or telephonically”.

He rubbished the claims to be rumours and stated these to be “totally baseless and false, just to create confusion and break our party”.

The statement further stated that Azad has requested all his party leaders and workers “not to get into this trap” and also requested the media persons “not to give any importance to these rumours”.

Reports generated from different quarters had claimed that Azad was likely to merge his party with the Congress ahead of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. However, the Congress has not given any official statement over the issue.