Jammu, Dec 5 (PTI) Democratic Azad Party Chairman and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Monday congratulated National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah after his re-election as his party's president.

Abdullah was re-elected president of the National Conference for another term on Monday.

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Azad prayed for the good health of 85-year-old Abdullah and his long spell in the politics of Jammu and Kashmir.

"I congratulate Abdullah for being re-elected as NC president. Since he has again been elected as party president, I am sure Jammu and Kashmir politics will thrive and will expand the democratic space," Azad said in a statement here.

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