Ghulam Nabi Azad's exit from the Congress had been a work in progress since his Rajya Sabha term ended in February 2021. His hyperbolic resignation letter in which he appears as a selfless politician and Rahul Gandhi a bumbling halfwit is only the beginning of a process that he has initiated. At the age of 73 years, there is no sign that he will be going gently into the sunset.
Azad is not known to act impulsively. It would seem his hand was forced by the oncoming Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) elections. Becoming the next Chief Minister of the Union
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