As differences have surfaced within the Congress after the CWC meeting, senior party leader Kapil Sibal is expected to host a dinner on Wednesday for party dissidents, called the Group of 23 Leaders (G-23). Is. Internal reforms after the grand old party’s disastrous performance in the recent five state assembly elections.
Tensions have risen within the Congress following the electoral debacle and the G-23 leaders are clearly displeased with the working style of the party leadership.
After the announcement of the election results, Congress G-23 leaders met at senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence in Delhi and the meeting was attended by Sibal, Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma and Akhilesh Prasad Singh, while some other leaders were actually involved.
Voice of discontent within Congress
Earlier in the day, Sibal, the most prominent of the G23 leaders, said that the Gandhi family should step aside and give another leader a chance to lead the party. He said, ‘Leadership is on cuckoo’s land, I want ‘Sab ki Congress’. Some people want ‘Ghar ki Congress’,” Sibal told The Indian Express in an interview.
The remarks came after the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s highest decision-making body, met on Sunday, and after nearly five hours of deliberations, asked Sonia Gandhi to continue the changes and initiatives needed to strengthen the party. urged to do
Since the 2014 electoral defeat, the Congress has consistently lost elections except on a few occasions, he said, adding that “the CWC has expressed confidence in the party leadership, but people outside the CWC feel that otherwise many have Have left the party and new leaders should be given a chance to lead the party.”
Sibal is one of the signatories of a letter to Sonia Gandhi calling for reforms within the party.
Another Congress leader and member of G23 faction Sandeep Dikshit has also launched a scathing attack on the Congress high command and said that the senior leadership remains arrogant despite repeated defeats in elections.
Dixit claimed that the party was completely “dormant”. “The party is completely passive. No decisions are taken. While the leadership is arrogant, the congregation does not get affected even after losing one election after another,” Dixit said.
Dikshit also alleged that these leaders keep attacking their own Chief Minister and leaders. “Most of these leaders are holding positions on compassionate grounds and they are only concerned about their positions,” he alleged.
“Kapil Sibal is right to raise this issue as these leaders can get votes at a time. But now the party is not serious. Who is responsible for this defeat?” he asked.
What happened in the CWC meeting?
The CWC met on Sunday to introspect the Congress’s rout in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur.
The CWC exuded confidence in interim party president Sonia Gandhi after its marathon meeting to discuss the outcome of the assembly elections. They were also authorized to make “necessary and comprehensive” organizational changes. “The CWC unanimously reaffirms its faith in the leadership of Sonia Gandhi and requests the Congress President to lead from the front, address the organizational weaknesses, effect necessary and comprehensive organizational changes. To meet the political challenges, for,” it said.
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One of the demands made in the meeting was greater access to Congress leaders, especially Rahul Gandhi, which has been one of the major grievances of the party members. Another demand raised by Azad was to fix responsibility. Azad, however, also made it clear that neither he nor any G-23 member was against the Gandhi family.
According to sources, Sonia Gandhi while addressing the meeting said that the Gandhi family is ready to resign and take responsibility for the electoral defeat. “I am often told that some of you feel that all three of us are responsible for this situation. If you feel that way, all three of us (Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and Priyanka) are ready to resign and step down are,” she said quoting sources in the meeting.
The party plans to meet again in April to discuss future course of action.
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