Jammu Tawi, Dec 22: In a serious setback to Azad-led
Democratic Azad Party (DAP), it has expelled three of
its senior leaders for what it called anti-party activities.
A statement issued by DAP General Secretary,
Rajendra Singh Chib, said, “Chairman DAP Ghulam
Nabi Azad has expelled Tara Chand, Dr Manohar Lal &
Balwan Singh, from the party with immediate effect for
anti-party activities.”
DAP which has failed to rope in leaders from parties
other than Congress, expelled
Responding to the announcement, the former deputy
chief minister Tara Chand and other senior leader on
Thursday said that they are returning to Congress as
“Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Democratic Azad Party is only
dividing the secular vote.”
Talking to news agency, Tara Chand, who was deputy
CM during NC- Congress regime, said that he is likely to
rejoin Congress.“I will rejoin the party. I am
Congressman by birth,“ he said, adding that he is
holding consultation with his workers.
He said they were expelled from the group at the time
when they were thinking of rejoining the party.
“Most of the people would leave the party. Where is the
party? It is almost non-existent and only a few people
are calling shots in it,” he said,
He said that Ghulam Nabi Azad-led DAP is only dividing
the secular vote.
Former MLA Surankote Choudhary Muhammad Akram
has already distanced himself from Azad-led DAP.
