Srinagar: Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Taj Mohiuddin on Saturday announced his resignation from the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led DPAP to rejoin the Congress. “I have resigned from the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP),” Mohiuddin told PTI over phone.
He said he would rejoin the Congress, with which he had been associated for more than four decades, in a few days. “I have intentions of ‘ghar wapsi (homecoming)’ but there was no question of doing it until I could ask my workers. Now, my workers have told me in unison to do it. So, I am doing ‘ghar wapsi’ very soon,” he said.
Asked about his reasons for leaving the DPAP, Mohiuddin said he had been with the Congress for about 45 years and his workers associated him only with the grand old party and its symbol. “My workers asked me to rejoin the Congress, so I decided to leave the DPAP and rejoin the Congress,” he added.
A former legislator from the Uri assembly segment in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, Mohiuddin resigned from the Congress in August 2022 in support of Azad. He later joined the Azad-led party.
Meanwhile, the former MLAs Abdul Majeed Wani, Gulzar Wani and Muhammad Amin Bhat are deserting DPAP too and are returning to the Congress party. As per KNO, all these leaders were in touch with Congress party since long but due to some issues within Congress party their re-entry was being delayed.
But now when Karra was appointed PCC president doors have been opened for all these DPAP leaders, sources said. “There is still resentment among a group of Congress leaders in the state who believe that these leaders played a negative role during parliamentary elections and also left no stone unturned to tarnish the image of Congress party,” said a Congress party leader.
Another party leader said that they are coming to get a mandate of their own choice. “This will not go well among party leaders who have given their blood and sweat to the party. Giving mandate to parachute leaders will not help the party,” the leader said.
