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Former Cong leader Ashok Tanwar to launch new party on Feb 25
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New Delhi, Feb 23 : After leaving the Congress over differences with former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, state ex-party unit chief Ashok Tanwar is set to launch a new party on February 25.
The party will be launched on Thursday at the Constitution Club here along with an online launch at 25 places. The main programme would be in Delhi, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Ashok Tanwar when contacted did not reveal the name of the party and asked to wait till February 25. Tanwar, who was the Congress Haryana State President for more than five years, had left the party after his supporters were denied tickets for the assembly elections in 2019.