Two former Jammu and Kashmir Ministers on Friday (June 27, 2025) returned to the Congress party after a brief stint with Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP). Taj Mohiuddin and Ghulam Mohammad Saroori rejoined the Congress at the party office in Srinagar.
They were welcomed back to the party by All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh Naseer Hussain, Union Territory party chief Tariq Hamid Karra and other senior leaders.
Mr. Mohiuddin, a former legislator from the Uri Assembly segment in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, quit the Congress in August 2022 to join the DPAP when Azad quit the Congress.
Later in August 2024, Mr. Mohiuddin quit the DPAP and unsuccessfully contested the Assembly polls last year as an Independent candidate. Mr. Saroori, who also quit the Congress in August 2022 to join the DPAP, left Azad's party after he was denied a mandate to contest from Inderwal. He unsuccessfully contested the seat.
Welcoming the duo, Mr. Hussain said it is a moment of happiness for the party in Jammu & Kashmir as those people who had "parted ways with us because of one reason or the other have returned." "They are senior leaders who have been MLAs and Ministers," he said.
