Taj Mohiuddin quits Congress; joins Azad camp

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir unit of Congress suffered another jolt on Sunday as its senior leader and former minister Taj Mohiuddin quit the party and joined Ghulam Nabi Azad-led front.

He, however, made it clear that the Azad-led grouping will not ally with the BJP, but with National Conference or PDP.

Today, I wrote to the Congress president and the general secretary, and others that I am resigning from all the posts which I was holding, including the primary membership of Congress, Mohiuddin told reporters at a press conference here.

He said he will join the Azad-led party.

The former minister said the Azad-led party has no ties with the BJP and his relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi was personal and not political.