Ghulam Nabi is likely to meet with Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Thursday on the suggestions of the leaders of the ‘G23′ group of Congress. In fact, amid the Congress’ electoral defeat in five states and the subsequent leadership controversy, senior Congress leader and member of the disgruntled “G-23” group of leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad met party chief Sonia Gandhi at 10 Janpath on Thursday. is likely to. ,
Let us inform that the leaders of the ‘G23’ group of Congress met on Wednesday to discuss the present situation of the party and the future strategy. Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor and many other leaders attended the meeting held at the residence of former Rajya Sabha Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad.
Sources said that Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also be present in Ghulam Nabi’s meeting with Sonia. Azad’s meeting with the Gandhi family assumes significance amid the discontent of the G-23 leaders over the working style of the Congress leadership. It is believed that Azad will present the final proposal of G-23 members to the party high command. The future of G23 will be decided after Azad’s meeting with Sonia Gandhi.
Sources say that the ‘G23’ leaders had also invited many leaders who are not part of this group but want change within the party. After the defeat of the Congress in five assembly elections, a prominent member of this group and former Union Minister Kapil Sibal has said in an interview that the Gandhi family should give up the Congress leadership and give a chance to someone else.
Azad hosted several G-23 leaders at his residence here on Wednesday. Those who reached his residence included Kapil Sibal, Shashi Tharoor, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari, Mani Shankar Iyer, PJ Kurien, Preneet Kaur, Sandeep Dixit and Raj Babbar.
According to sources, the meeting was to be held at the residence of Kapil Sibal, who had invited leaders of G-23 and other parties for dinner at his residence, but after Sibal’s recent “attack”, the venue was shifted to Azad’s residence. was transferred.
According to sources, the Congress leadership is also very unhappy with Kapil Sibal and Anand Sharma. Sources said a middle ground can be found only after Azad and Sonia Gandhi meet.