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Elections to be held on October 17, Grand Old Party set to see the first non-Gandhi president in 24 years.
A multiple-term MP from Katihar Lok Sabha constituency, Anwar had headed the party's state unit in the 1980s but parted ways a decade later when he founded the Nationalist Congress Party along with Maharashtra strongman Sharad Pawar and P A Sangma from Meghalaya.
Making the announcement in his Lok Sabha constituency here, Anwar said he was resigning from all posts in the party, of which he was a founding member, and also giving up his membership of Parliament.
The Katihar MP also said he agreed with RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's contention that there was "no guarantee" that the JD(U) chief would not do yet another turnaround in the future if his re-entry (into the Grand Alliance, comprising the Congress and the RJD) was allowed.
Talking to reporters after an all party meeting called by him on the eve on Monsoon beginning tomorrow, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu told reporters that Swaraj was keen to make a statement on the Lalit Modi issue.
Government should maintain transparency in defence deals to remove "shortcomings", NCP general secretary Tariq Anwar said today.
