<p>After ending his five-decade association with the Congress last week, former union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is set to hold his maiden rally -- 'Better J&K' -- in Jammu on September 4, where he is expected to launch a new party.</p>.<p>The rally is being held at 11 am on Sunday at Sainik Colony in Jammu even as 51 more Congress leaders from J&K resigned from the party to join Azad’s new party on Tuesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/ghulam-nabi-is-now-azad-but-will-he-remain-free-for-long-1140637.html">Ghulam now 'azad', but will he remain 'free' for long?</a></strong></p>.<p>In a message to the people of J&K, Azad said, “I am happy to see people and political leadership across the length and breadth of Jammu and Kashmir coming to us with heartfelt wishes and a very strong desire to make a new beginning.”</p>.<p>“It is time to pull our socks up and hold hands in this march to rebuild what we have lost. Come join me for a ‘Better J&K’ at 11 am, September 4, Sainik Farms Sainik Colony Jammu,” he added.</p>.<p>Seventy-three-year-old Azad, also a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said he will not let the people of the Union Territory down. “Together – Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and others – we will usher in a new era of development and peace in J&K. We have suffered enough,” he added.</p>
<p>After ending his five-decade association with the Congress last week, former union minister Ghulam Nabi Azad is set to hold his maiden rally -- 'Better J&K' -- in Jammu on September 4, where he is expected to launch a new party.</p>.<p>The rally is being held at 11 am on Sunday at Sainik Colony in Jammu even as 51 more Congress leaders from J&K resigned from the party to join Azad’s new party on Tuesday.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read — <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/ghulam-nabi-is-now-azad-but-will-he-remain-free-for-long-1140637.html">Ghulam now 'azad', but will he remain 'free' for long?</a></strong></p>.<p>In a message to the people of J&K, Azad said, “I am happy to see people and political leadership across the length and breadth of Jammu and Kashmir coming to us with heartfelt wishes and a very strong desire to make a new beginning.”</p>.<p>“It is time to pull our socks up and hold hands in this march to rebuild what we have lost. Come join me for a ‘Better J&K’ at 11 am, September 4, Sainik Farms Sainik Colony Jammu,” he added.</p>.<p>Seventy-three-year-old Azad, also a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said he will not let the people of the Union Territory down. “Together – Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists and others – we will usher in a new era of development and peace in J&K. We have suffered enough,” he added.</p>