Jammu Rally: 'People from Congress now go to jail in buses', says Ghulam Nabi Azad

Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad addressed a rally in Jammu's Sainik Colony today, his first after he resigned from the Congress party. During the address, he bashed Congress several times, listing out reasons for its downfall. "People from Congress now go to jail in buses, they call DGP, Commissioners, get their name written & leave within an hour. That is the reason Congress has been unable to grow," he said. His rally coincided with Rahul Gandhi's address at 'Mehngai par Halla Bol' event in the national capital. 

"Congress was made by us by our blood,  not by computers, not by twitter. People are trying to defame us but their reach is limited to



computers and tweets. That is the reason Congress is nowhere to be seen on the ground," he added.

Azad has said his resignation letter was just a "tip of the iceberg", indicating that he would step up his attack on the Gandhis in the coming days. He has already stated that he would float his own party in Jammu and Kashmir soon, where assembly elections are due to be announced.

Meanwhile, spate of resignations was seen in the Jammu and Kashmir Congress. Sixty-four more leaders, including former deputy chief minister Tara Chand, tendered their resignation and joined the Ghulam Nabi Azad camp, leaving the unit of the national party in the Union Territory in tatters.