More than 20 leaders from Jammu and Kashmir, most belonging to Ghulam Nabi Azad's Democratic Progressive Azad Party, joined the Congress party in New Delhi. Congress party chief Mallikarjun Kharge claimed that the Congress party in Jammu and Kashmir is strengthening day by day and the joining of such leaders is proof of it. Yashpal Kundal, chief of the SC/ST and OBC wing of the AAP in J-K, was also among those who joined the Congress. Many leaders left the Congress to join Azad's party after he formed it, but have since rejoined the Congress.
