Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024 | Veteran leader Kamaal Farooqui rejoins Congress

Mumbai: In a ghar-wapsi of sorts, veteran leader Kamaal Farooqui returned to Congress on Monday. This would come as a boost to the party in the Assembly polls in Marathwada region.

Farooqui’s son and NCP’s former spokesperson Barrister Umar Kamaal Farooqui too joined the grand old party.

The father and son duo had left the Congress party way back in 2004.

Farooqui was once a protégé of former Railway Minister C K Jaffer Sharif and former Maharashtra Chief Minister A R Antulay. He also had good relations with Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and Arjun Singh.

Farooqui met Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and joined the party formally. The comeback of Kamaal Farooqui is seen as a huge boost for the Congress party in the upcoming Maharashtra assembly elections.