Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, after a four-decades-old career, would be resigning from the Rajya Sabha one week from now. He said that he will join BJP when there will be black snow in Kashmir, thereby clarifying that he would not ever join BJP. Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has dismissed the theory & speculation that he may join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Azad said that he has known Modi since the 90s when they would participate in TV debates. He added that they fought, discussed, and even shared some tea. He likewise highlighted his friendly relations with late former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Azad maintained that those who say he will join the BJP or are spreading these rumours do not know him.

In his 28-minute farewell speech in the parliament, he talked about his expectation about rebuilding of harmony in Jammu and Kashmir and the return of Kashmiri Pandits back to the Valley.

Azad reviewed his long relationship with Parliament starting from 1980 and furthermore his experience as Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. He retraced his political venture starting from the Bhalesa block in the Doda region. Azad said that Congress president Sonia Gandhi composed a long letter to him appreciating his work all through as the party’s general  secretary and the Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha. Azad was among the four members in the Rajya Sabha to be given an enthusiastic, & emotional farewell by the House.

The six years’ term of all the Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir is reaching a conclusion during the current session of Parliament and there will be no representation in the Upper House from the Union Territory till the time a Legislative Assembly gets constituted after elections.