After the electoral defeat in five states, the internal strife of the Congress is continuously coming to the fore. A prominent member of this group, Ghulam Nabi Azad, today met party president Sonia Gandhi after the G-23 leaders revolted. Azad met Sonia Gandhi at her residence ’10 Janpath’. It is believed that in this meeting he has presented the side of ‘G23’ group before him.
told what happened
After the meeting with Sonia, Ghulam Nabi Azad told what happened between the two. He said that this meeting was good. He said that all Congress leaders want Sonia to remain the party president. No one said that he should give up the post of party president. Ghulam Nabi Azad said that we discussed this time that we have to fight unitedly. Let us inform that before meeting Sonia, Azad visited senior Congress leader Karan Singh’s residence and wished him a happy Holi. On Thursday, a day before Azad’s meeting with the Congress president, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a member of the group, had met former party president Rahul Gandhi. Sources say that during his meeting with Rahul Gandhi, which lasted for more than an hour, discussions were held regarding the results of the recent assembly elections and strengthening the party. Rahul Gandhi had called Hooda for talks on the political situation in Haryana.
There was a demand to leave the leadership of the Gandhi family
Last Wednesday, the leaders of the ‘G23’ had a meeting over dinner. The ‘G23’ group has been demanding organizational change and collective leadership in the party. The group’s activism has increased after the defeat of the Congress in the recent assembly elections. Another prominent member of it, Kapil Sibal, had said in an interview recently that the Gandhi family should leave the Congress leadership and give a chance to another leader. After this, some leaders considered close to the Gandhi family had demanded action against Sibal. The leaders of this ‘G23’ group of Congress met over dinner on Wednesday to discuss the results of the recent assembly elections and said that the only way forward for the party is to have a system of collective and inclusive leadership.
Talk to like-minded parties
The leaders had also said in a statement that talks should be initiated with like-minded parties to present a credible alternative for the next Lok Sabha elections. Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Shankar Singh Vaghela, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Sandeep Dixit, Vivek Tankha, Prithviraj Chavan, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Raj Babbar, Mani Shankar were present in this meeting held at Azad’s residence. Iyer, PJ Kurien, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal, Kuldeep Sharma, Preneet Kaur and MA Khan were present.