Whereas Congress Working Committee To discuss the defeat in the recently concluded assembly elections on Sunday evening, sources said that a dissident group within the party, G23, had suggested Mukul Wasnik for the party’s president’s post, which was not accepted.
Sources said, “G23, which includes Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Kapil Sibal, had suggested Mukul Wasnik’s name for the post of party president, but it was not accepted.”
The source, who is part of the G23, also said that the new party president should lead the party in the same manner as Sonia Gandhi did in the early 2000s.
“Though Sonia Gandhi is the (interim) president, it is virtually being run by KC Venugopal, Ajay Maken and Randeep Surjewala. There is no accountability fixed on them,” the source said.
“Rahul Gandhi is not the president. But he works behind the scenes and takes decisions. He does not communicate openly. We are well wishers of the party, not enemies,” the source said.
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