Ghulam Nabi Azad elected chairman of Democratic Azad Party

Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, has been elected the chairman of the newly-formed Democratic Azad Party (DAP), said a party leader on Saturday. A resolution was passed unanimously at a founder members' session, said the leader. Azad, 73, quit Congress on August 26 this year.