Srinagar: Congress Working Committee (CWC) member and former Member of the Parliament, Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday jibed at Ghulam Nabi Azad and questioned the timing and reasoning of his resignation after (Azad) criticised Congress’s Vice president, Rahul Gandhi in his resignation letter.
“For Azad, things changed in Congress soon after the Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised Azad in the parliament and said he will not be wasted and he will appointed for a special mission soon,” Karra said while addressing a presser in Srinagar.
“His resignation was not surprising for me as Azad was given a tearful farewell after his retirement in Rajya Sabha under a newly found bonhomie. The PM had also said that we will not get Azad wasted and he will be soon appointed for a special mission and work. Azad has been independently working in J&K which raise questions over the leadership of Congress since then,” he said.
“Congress party for the past several months are firm to fight out the divisive forces, who are against the pluralism policy and challenge the secularism of India, and polarized this country in the name of (Temple) Mandir, (Mosque) Masjid and Hindu, Muslims,” he said.
“Targeting Rahul Gandhi is contrary to the facts as it was Azad who made the entire presidential document for him and played a key role to ensure the post to Rahul Gandhi. “Even Azad had also pitched that Rahul should be given the right to choose his members on his own and appoint CWC members as well.”
Karra also questioned the timing of Azad’s resignation and targeting Rahul Gandhi and stating that he should have questioned at that time.
“If he (Rahul) is an ethically empowered politician, he should have resigned at that time. He had enough time to show his resentment, which he never did,” Karra said.
Furthermore, he said that BJP has once again succeeded in the fragmentation process by Azad’s resignation, which may be in the shape of a new political party or through the facilitation.
“However, as far as Congress is concerned, Azad might have resigned from the party along with some beneficiaries from time to time, the cadre and those have philosophical and ideological affinity with the party will continue to be part of the party and fight against the new fragmentation attempt,” he added.
In February, 2021, PM Modi bid an emotional farewell in the Rajya Sabha (Upper House of the Parliament) to Ghulam Nabi Azad by recalling the 2007 attack on a tourist bus carrying Gujaratis in Jammu and Kashmir and said that (Azad) the then chief minister of J&K was the first one to call him (Modi) and took care of the pilgrims as they were like his own family members.
(With KNO Inputs)