Nearly a month after his exit from the Congress, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday announced the name of his new political outfit as ‘Democratic Azad Party’.
Announcing the name of the new party at a press conference here, Azad said that the outfit will be secular, democratic and independent from any influence. Stressing that the party would have “no age bar”, he said, “Youth and veterans would co-exist in the party”. Azad also unveiled the flag of the Democratic Azad Party. The flag has three colours – mustard, white and blue. “Mustard colour indicates creativity & unity in diversity, white indicates peace & blue indicates freedom, open space, imagination & limits from the depths of the ocean to the heights of the sky,” Azad said in a tweet.
“Around 1,500 names for my new party were sent to us, in Urdu, and Sanskrit. The mix of Hindi and Urdu is ‘Hindustani’. We wanted the name to be democratic, peaceful and independent,” Azad said.
“Our priority is to get the party registered. But since elections (in Jammu and Kashmir) can happen anytime, related developments would continue,” the former J&K chief minister said, without revealing too many details.
Earlier, Azad said that his party would focus on the restoration of full statehood, right to land, and employment to native domicile.
Azad then also said that the first unit of his political outfit would be formed in Jammu and Kashmir in view of impending assembly polls. “My party will focus on the restoration of full statehood, right to land, and employment to native domicile,” he added.
Azad had ended his decades long association with the Congress on 26 August.