Lok Sabha Election / Ghulam Nabi Azad indicated not to contest elections, said this big thing

Lok Sabha Election: Senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has indicated not to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. He said on Saturday that he would campaign for the candidates of his newly formed Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP). Azad has not contested the Lok Sabha elections since his defeat in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. He told his party leaders that 2024 will be an election year for Jammu and Kashmir, so they should tighten their belts. Azad had left the party after being in Congress for decades. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in Nagrota, he appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to find a "forever" solution to the issues related to the protesting farmers and said that this protest is neither good for the government nor for the farmers. For.

I can only guess about assembly elections: Azad

Azad said, 'Parliament elections are being held 100 percent on time. I can only speculate about the assembly elections (in Jammu and Kashmir) because I have no contact with the Election Commission or the government. But it (Assembly elections) is certain to happen because the Supreme Court has set the deadline till September.

Asked whether he himself would contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, Azad said, 'I have to campaign for my party's (candidates) and if I contest the elections, I will have to be confined to one place.'

Azad will impact the vote bank!

Azad had formed his own party in the Jammu region after parting ways with the Congress in August 2022. Political analysts say that Azad has a vote bank in the areas south of Pir Panjal like Doda, Kishtwar, Baderwah and Poonch and hence he will be able to divide the votes of the opposition party candidates.

Azad described the National Conference as an 'opportunistic party' which 'can form an alliance with anyone if it comes to power.' Regarding the ongoing protest by farmers, he said that this is the second time that this protest is taking place on a large scale.

Said this about farmers

He said, 'I appeal to the Prime Minister to solve their (farmers') issues once and for all. This is not good for the government and farmers as well as the people because it will cause problems in transportation. Earlier, while addressing a rally in Nagrota, Azad appealed to the people of Kashmir including the Pandits not to sell their land in the valley.

Appealing to the people to remain united and prepare for the upcoming elections, he said, 'The situation is improving and we should not panic over the occasional incidents (of terrorist attacks). Such attacks should not happen. But the reality is that shootings are happening everywhere, even in the safest places like America. But no one leaves his house out of fear.

He said that no assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir in the last 10 years and many 'good and bad' things were seen in these years. He said, 'We have to leave the past and look towards the future. We have to see what can be done to improve the condition of people of all sections of the society.