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Ghulam Nabi Azad Falls Sick, Hospitalised Amid All-Party Delegation Visit In Kuwait

Ghulam Nabi Azad Falls Sick, Hospitalised Amid All-Party Delegation Visit In Kuwait

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Last Updated:May 27, 2025, 23:44 IST The delegation just landed in Saudi Arabia and is yet to visit Algeria as part of its mission to convey India’s firm stance against terrorism. Ghulam Nabi Azad was admitted in hospital in Kuwait. (X/@PandaJay) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad was hospitalised after he fell sick during all-party delegation visit to Kuwait on Tuesday. Azad is a member of all-party delegation led by BJP MP Baijayant Panda. The delegation just landed in Saudi Arabia and is yet to visit Algeria as part of its mission to convey India’s firm stance against terrorism and warn the global allies about Pakistan’s link to terrorist activities and defend India’s stance in the conflict between the two countries. Panda shared an update on chairman of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), and said that he is ‘stable’ and ‘under medical supervision’. “Halfway into our delegation’s tour, Shri @ghulamnazad has had to be admitted to hospital. He is stable, under medical supervision, and will be undergoing some …

Former J&K CM Ghulam Nabi Azad hospitalised amid all-party delegation visit | Latest News India

Former J&K CM Ghulam Nabi Azad hospitalised amid all-party delegation visit | Latest News India

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and chairman of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), Ghulam Nabi Azad, was hospitalised amid an all-party delegation visit to Kuwait on Tuesday.  Ghulam Nabi Azad of the DPAP, was hospitalised during a visit to Kuwait as a part of an all-party delegation sent by the Indian government(Baijayant Panda/X) In a post on X, BJP MP Baijayant Panda, confirmed the same and said his presence will be missed in the next course of the delegation. Baijayant Panda, who was leading the delegation, said, “Halfway into our delegation’s tour, Shri @ghulamnazad has had to be admitted to hospital. He is stable, under medical supervision, and will be undergoing some tests and procedures. His contributions to the meetings in Bahrain and Kuwait were highly impactful, and he is disappointed at being bedridden. We will deeply miss his presence in Saudi Arabia and Algeria.” Also Read: Full speech: In Arab nation, J&K Ex-CM exposes Pakistan Army’s London property link| Azad| Sindoor The delegation led by Baijayant Panda were in Kuwait as representatives …

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s party struggles to put up a fight in J&K Assembly election

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Ghulam Nabi Azad former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and president of Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPA) takes part in a roadshow in Anantnag. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), which was launched with a lot of fanfare by the former Congress leader in 2022 to create an alternative in the Union Territory, is struggling to put up a fight in upcoming Assembly election in J&K. The DPAP received a major setback as around 20 prominent faces quit the party, especially after the successful campaign by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Kashmir during his Bharat Jodo Yatra in 2023. Around 64 senior Congress leaders, including former J&K Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand, had joined Mr. Azad’s DPAP in 2022, and many saw it as a formidable political force at the time. However, the DPAP’s prospects were dented when regional parties accused Mr. Azad’s party of being backed by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which resulted in all three DPAP candidates losing their security deposit in the Lok …

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mehbooba Mufti differ over Srinagar Lok Sabha polls voter turnout

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Voters queue up to cast their ballots at a polling station in Srinagar during the fourth phase of voting in the Lok Sabha election on May 13, 2024. | Photo Credit: NISSAR AHMAD Reacting to the voter turnout DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti reacted differently to the voter turnout in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on May 13. The constituency witnessed 37.98% voter turnout in the first Lok Sabha election in the valley since the scrapping of Article 370 in 2019. The Election Commission (EC) stating that it was the “highest turnout in decades”. We can not know whether the people are angry or happy, says Azad Mr. Azad, Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) president, on May 14 said, “I had hoped that Kashmir will witness 80-90% turnout in view of what has been happening in the past seven to eight years. Article 370 was removed, Statehood was snatched. So I thought the turnout will be high, like 90-95%.” “The increase of a few per cent …

Ghulam Nabi Azad welcomes EC’s decision to postpone polls in Anantnag-Rajouri constituency

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Democratic Progressive Azad Party chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad welcomed the EC’s decision to postpone polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency. File photp | Photo Credit: ANI Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairperson Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday welcomed the Election Commission’s decision to postpone polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri constituency and said this has relieved several political parties. Azad emphasized the importance of the assembly elections over parliamentary elections stating it is very important to have a legislative assembly and legislators put in place through polls. “It is never too late. The decision of the Election Commission of India has relieved us. I thank the ECI for taking this right decision. All political parties will benefit from the decision. Actually, all parties are happy,” he told reporters here. Azad, who is on campaign trial in Rajouri for his party’s candidate Mohammad Saleem pitted in triangular contest with PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti and NC’s Mian Altaf on Anantnag-Rajouri seat, pointed out that the Election Commission should have scheduled polling in this constituency for the sixth or seventh phase. He …

Eye on Assembly polls, eager not to blunt Art 370 narrative, wary BJP keeps out of Kashmir | Political Pulse News

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The list of political parties which have approached the Election Commission seeking deferment of polls in Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, 10 days before it votes on May 7, includes the BJP. The other three are the J&K Apni Party, the People’s Conference and the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP). At a time when the BJP is not contesting any of the three seats in Kashmir, after a build-up that included a visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March (his first to Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370), the development deepens confusion over the party’s plans in the Valley. On April 16, speaking in Jammu’s Reasi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah first indicated that the party might not contest in Kashmir when he said the BJP is “not in a hurry to see the lotus bloom in the Valley”. He went on to urge voters not to back National Conference (NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) or Congress candidates. “We are not going to ‘conquer’ Kashmir as projected by our adversaries. We want to …

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s ‘Tourist’ Jibe At Omar Abdullah

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Doda: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) president Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday alleged that former chief minister Omar Abdullah comes to the valley only as a “tourist,” while he spends summers in London and winters in warmer climates abroad. Mr Azad made the sally as he hit the campaign trail in Doda as a star campaigner, canvassing for party candidate and former minister G M Saroori. The campaigning in Udhampur-Kathua Lok Sabha constituency has become intense with the exchange of personal attacks by rival politicians. Congress’s Lal Singh is pitted against Union minister and BJP candidate Jitendra Singh in the Udhampur-Kathua parliamentary constituency, which goes to polls in the first phase of the Lok Sabha election on April 19. DPAP’s G M Saroori is among 10 others in the fray. “Omar sahib … You visit your maternal grandfather’s house during summers in London and some hot country during winters and you come here as a tourist,” Mr Azad took a dig at the National Conference vice president in his speech. Omar Abdullah is also on …

Will fight for statehood of J&K: Ghulam Nabi Azad

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Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President of Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) Ghulam Nabi Azad with senior party leaders addresses a press conference, at the party headquarters in Srinagar, on April 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Democratic Azad Progressive Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on April 3 said his party would fight for the restoration of statehood of Jammu and Kashmir.   “I have stood against the August 5, 2019 decision by holding a sit-in for four hours and spoke against it on the floor of the House. I will continue to fight for it and if voted to power, we will work for the restoration of statehood,” Mr. Azad, who is contesting from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat, said.  Source link

Ghulam Nabi Azad May Contest From Kashmir, First Popularity Test After Quitting Congress

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Srinagar: Veteran political leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit Congress two years ago, is ready to join the electoral fray in Jammu and Kashmir. With a series of public meetings by his Democratic Progressive Azad Party, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir may contest from the tricky Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency. The Anantnag-Rajouri seat is a prestige battle for Omar Abdullah’s National Conference and Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Party. The BJP is also making serious inroads the constituency. Mr Azad, though, was coy. “I’m not ruling out contesting from Anantnag-Rajouri parliament constituency,” said the 75-year-old who has also served as a Union Minister in the UPA government led by Manmohan Singh. “Lots of people are asking me to contest. Demand of my being in the parliament is more… but there are voices who want me contest assembly elections,” he told NDTV in an exclusive interview. With Mr Azad’s entry, Anantnag could see a four cornered contest.The seat was once considered a stronghold of the PDP, though National Conference won it in the last …

“Why Would I Meet PM, Amit Shah At Night?” Farooq Abdullah On GN Azad’s Claim

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Mr Abdullah asked why the Democratic Progressive Azad Party was “defaming” him. Srinagar: National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah has reacted sharply to Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) President Ghulam Nabi Azad’s claims that he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah ‘secretly’ at night. Mr Abdullah said that he would meet the Prime Minister or the Home Minister during the day if he had to and asked why Mr Azad was “defaming” him. “If I have to meet PM Modi or Union Home Minister Amit Shah, I will meet them during the day, why should I meet them at night? What is the reason that he has thought of defaming Farooq Abdullah? When no one wanted to give him a Rajya Sabha seat, I was the one who gave him a Rajya Sabha seat, but today he is saying all this,” the National Conference chief said. “They want to malign my image and drag my name into every matter. He should reveal the names of his agents who are sitting at …