J&K: Azad loyalists continue to step down from Congress

Srinagar 30 Aug : Senior Congress leader and former Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Tara Chand is among 64 party workers and leaders who quit the Congress on Tuesday in support of Ghulam Nabi Azad.

After Azad quit the Congress the party, a storm of kind has hit the Jammu and Kashmir Congress party with loyalists leaving the party to back Azad.He has already stated that he will launch an unnamed political party that will contest the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.

An expert on politics stated: "How much of his clean image and his goodwill among the populace, especially in Jammu division Jammu division is transformed into votes will need to be viewed." There certain that Azads decision to part with the Congress and separating with the Congress and joining the electoral battle could alter the calculus of the regional and national political parties during the upcoming elections for the assembly.sq/pg.