SRINAGAR: Two former Jammu and Kashmir ministers on Friday returned to the Congress party after a brief stint with Ghulam Nabi Azad-led Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP).

Taj Mohiuddin and Ghulam Mohammad Saroori rejoined the Congress at the party office here.

They were welcomed back to the party by All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary in charge of J&K and Ladakh Naseer Hussain, Union Territory party chief Tariq Hamid Karra and other senior leaders.

Mohiuddin, a former legislator from the Uri assembly segment in north Kashmir's Baramulla district, quit the Congress in August 2022 to join the DPAP when Azad quit the Congress.

Later in August 2024, Mohiuddin quit the DPAP and unsuccessfully contested the assembly polls last year as an Independent candidate.

Saroori, who also quit the Congress in August 2022 to join the DPAP, left Azad's party after he was denied a mandate to contest from Inderwal. He unsuccessfully contested the seat.