Senior leaders to return to Congress today

Srinagar January, 6 (PTK) In a major setback to former state chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, over half a dozen senior leaders who had joined Azad could be returning to the Congress on Friday.

Former deputy chief minister Tara Chand and former minister Peerzada Muhammad Syed along half a dozen former senior Congress leaders, who had joined Azad’s Democratic Azad Party (DAP), would return to the Congress on Friday.

Those scheduled to return to the Congress include over half a dozen senior leaders and their ‘Ghar wapsi’ will take place at the party headquarters in New Delhi.

J&K Congress president, Vikar Rasool Wani will be present during the Ghar wapsi ceremony.

According to Congress insiders, the “gharwapsi” of the DAP rebels and their participation in the yatra would be a befitting response to Azad, who many believe ditched the grand old party at the behest of the BJP.

Though Congress had recently denied reports that it was trying to bring back Azad, a section of the party feels that denting the DAP may push Ghulam Nabi to reconsider his stand on returning to the grand old party. (PTK)