Srinagar: Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chief Gulam Nabi Azad has decided not to contest the Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Gulam Nabi Azad made the announcement at a meet in Anantnag on Wednesday

Earlier, the former Congress leader was nominated by the DPAP from the Anantnag-Rajouri Parliamentary constituency.

Gulam Nabi Azad made the announcement at a meet in Anantnag on Wednesday.

“Chairman DPAP, Ghulam Nabi Azad sahib, will be contesting from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat. This decision was made in today’s DPAP working committee meeting,” Chief Spokesperson of the party Salman Nizami had posted on X.

Azad, as a candidate of DPAP, was scheduled to take on former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti of the PDP and National Conference’s veteran leader Mian Altaf Ahmad, who is the INDIA bloc candidate.