Ghulam Nabi Azad is an Indian politician and former member of the Indian National Congress who served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha from 2014 to 2021. He was also the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (2005-2008) and Minister of Health and Family Welfare (201409). On August 26, 2022, he left the party due to dissatisfaction with party leaders.
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Ghulam Nabi Azad was born on Monday, March 7, 1949 (age 73; as of 2022) in village Soti, Gando, Jammu and Kashmir. His zodiac sign is Pisces. He did his schooling at the Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education, Srinagar. He went on to do his BA from Gandhi Memorial College of Science, Jammu, and MA in Zoology (1972) from the University of Kashmir, Srinagar.
Physical appearance
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family
parents and siblings
Azad’s father’s name is Rahamatullah Bati (deceased) and his mother’s name is Basa Begum (deceased). He has three brothers, Liaqat Ali, Ghulam Ali Azad and Ghulam Qadir Bhat. All of them are politicians.
Ghulam Ali Azad, brother of Ghulam Nabi Azad
His sister’s name is Shakila Begum.
wife and children
Ghulam Nabi Azad married Shamem Dev Azad, a Kashmiri singer, in 1980.
Ghulam Nabi Azad with his wife
They have a son Saddam Nabi Azad and a daughter Sofia Nabi Azad.
Son of Ghulam Nabi Azad
Ghulam Nabi Azad with his daughter
Address
Ghulam Nabi Azad lives in house no. 9, Hyderpora Byepass, District Badgam, Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir.
signature
Signature of Ghulam Nabi Azad
Political career
A long-time member of the party, he was part of the party from the Indira Gandhi government. Azad started his political career in 1973 when he joined the Indian National Congress as Secretary of the Block Congress Committee in Bhalesa. In 1975, he was named the president of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Youth Congress. In 1980, he was appointed as the President of the Indian Youth Congress.
Ghulam Nabi Azad with Indira Gandhi
1980 Lok Sabha Elections
In 1980, Ghulam Nabi Azad contested from Vashim Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra and won the seat defeating JNP candidate Ade Pratapsingh Ramsingh by 1,51,478 votes. In 1982, he was appointed Deputy Minister in charge of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs in the Central Government. In 1983-1984, he was the Deputy Minister of Information and Broadcasting.
1984 Lok Sabha Elections
In 1984, he was re-elected as an MP from Vashim Lok Sabha constituency in Maharashtra. From 1984 to 1986, he worked as the State Minister of Parliamentary Affairs. In 1986, he was nominated as the Minister of Internal Affairs. In October 1986, he started working as the Minister of State for Food and Civil Supplies.
as a member of the Rajya Sabha
In 1989, he became a member of the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. He was the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister from June 1991 to December 1992. In January 1993, he was appointed Union Minister of Civil Aviation and Tourism, a position he held till May 1996. In 1996, he was appointed as a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir. In 2002, he was elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Jammu and Kashmir. In May 2004, he was appointed as Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Union Urban Development Minister; He served until October 2005. On 29 April 2006, he resigned as a Member of Parliament from the Rajya Sabha as he became the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir on 2 November 2005. In 2009, he was appointed as the Minister of Health and Family Welfare. From 2015 to 2021, he served as the leader of the opposition Rajya Sabha.
Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In 2002, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) of Jammu and Kashmir (PDP) and the Indian National Congress (Congress) formed a coalition government with PDP’s Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as Chief Minister for the first three years and Congress’ Ghulam Nabi Azad for the next three years. He served as the 7th Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 2 November 2005 to 11 July 2008.
2006 by-polls for four seats in J&K
In 2002, the Bhaderwa Assembly seat was won by Mohammad Sharif Niaz. However, he gave up his seat to become a member of the legislature in six months, a constitutional obligation. After that a by-poll was announced on the bench. In 2006, by-elections were held in Rafiabad, Patan, Sangrama and Bhaderwah Assembly Constituencies, during which Ghulam Nabi Azad contested from Bhaderwah Assembly Constituency. He won the seat with BJP’s Kaushal Kotwal by 58,015 votes.
2008 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly Elections
In 2008, he contested from Bhaderwa Assembly Constituency and defeated BJP candidate Daya Krishan.
2014 Lok Sabha Elections
In 2014, he contested and lost the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
RESIGNATION INC
In 2022, he resigned from all positions, including the primary membership of the INC, calling the party “perpetually destroyed” and claiming that since Rahul Gandhi was appointed vice-president of the INC in 2013, all senior and experienced leaders had been sidelined.
Open your own party
On 26 September 2022, he formed his own party called Democratic Azadi Party in Jammu and Kashmir; He also launched the flag of his new party.
Ghulam Nabi Azad holds the flag of his new political party, the Democratic Azad Party
Confrontation
In 2022, Azad courted controversy after his name was nominated for the Padma Bhushan award. Many Congress leaders took to social media to claim that the BJP was trying to help him join the BJP by offering him a reward. Some leaders also said it was unusual for the BJP to recognize Azad’s social work, which the Congress failed to recognize. Azad later took to Twitter to clarify the allegations, saying:
Some malicious propaganda has been spread by some people to create confusion. Nothing has been deleted or added to my Twitter profile. The profile is the same as before.”
award
In March 2022, Ghulam Nabi Azad was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, by President Ram Nath.
Ghulam Nabi Azad receives Padma Bhushan award
Assets/Properties
movable assets
- Deposits in banks, financial institutions and non-bank financial companies: Rs. 2,03,33,590.
Net worth
Azad’s net worth as of 2014 was Rs. 4,13,89,590.
Facts/Trivia
- Azad also worked in the Manmohan Singh government.
Ghulam Nabi Azad with Dr. Manmohan Singh
- In 2012, when he was the Health Minister of India, he worked on the National Rural Health Mission and also launched the National Urban Health Mission for the Urban Poor. In an interview, he said that people should get married between the ages of 25 and 30 to keep the country’s population under control.
If every village had electricity, people would watch TV until late at night and then go to sleep. They will not get a chance to give birth to children. “When there’s no electricity, there’s nothing else to do but make babies.”
- In 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi became emotional as he bid farewell to Azad as his term as a member of the Rajya Sabha came to an end. In his speech he said
Eight people were killed in a terrorist attack in Gujarat. The first call I received was from Ghulam Nabi Ji. The call was not just to let me know what had happened, but her tears did not stop on the phone. It was disturbing as a family member. “
- In 2021, when he left the Rajya Sabha, Azad said he was proud to be a Hindustani Muslim. In the speech he said,
I am among the lucky people who have never been to Pakistan. When I read about the situation in Pakistan, I feel proud to be a Hindustani Muslim. If any Muslim should feel proud in the world, it should be the Indian Muslim. Over the years we have seen how Muslim countries from Afghanistan to Iraq have been destroyed. There are no Hindus and Christians there – they are fighting each other.
- On 16 August 2022, when Sonia Gandhi nominated Azad as the Chairperson of the Jammu and Kashmir Congress Campaign Committee, he refused to be a member of the committee. One Congress leader spoke about it and said:
The newly formed campaign committee ignored the aspirations of core party workers in J&K. It is unfair to them. That is why Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned because he was dissatisfied with the committee.”
- Azad was considered the “crisis manager” of the Congress party.
- In 2022, when he received the Padma Bhushan award, he said:
I like that someone recognized my work. Even during my ups and downs in different phases of my life, I always tried to work for the people, be it in the social or political field or as the (former) Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
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