Soon after veteran Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad resigned from all positions of the party, Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge on August 26 said that Ghulam Nabi Azad should rethink his decision of quitting the party. “When Congress is in difficulty; minorities, Dalits, press, people who speak of democracy being attacked, we've to fight BJP-RSS together.

If you run away from the battle, you're betraying the party and running away in fear of the atmosphere created by PM Modi,” he said. “Attack on Rahul Gandhi is not right because you know all members of that family personally. Sonia Gandhi has always taken advice from you. You were a part of CWC meetings and Core Committee meetings,” he added. “When you yourself took decisions by being a part of everything, saying that party isn't functioning well, isn't right. It doesn't suit him. It'll be a loss to him as he's not with us in our fight against RSS. I am saddened. He should rethink his decision,” he further added.