Ghulam Nabi Azad meets Sonia Gandhi
Highlight
- Sonia Gandhi had earlier approached Azad on Wednesday ahead of the G-23 meeting.
- The G-23 made a strong pitch for “collective leadership” in their meeting
- G-23 continues to demand reorganization of Congress
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met party president Sonia Gandhi on Friday. The crucial meeting occurs when dissident groups within the party hold a flurry of meetings, where they insist that they stay within the party and fight for the reform of the party. The Congress leader said after meeting party president Sonia Gandhi, “Suggestions were sought from the working committee on the reasons for the defeat in 5 states. Discussions were held to fight unitedly in the upcoming assembly elections.”
G-23 sources said the leaders discussed some “concrete proposals”. These proposals were considered during the meeting between Ghulam Nabi Azad and the Congress President.
Sonia Gandhi had earlier reached Azad at his residence on Wednesday ahead of the G-23 dinner meeting. The leaders of the group have since held several meetings at Azad’s residence.
During the talks, the leaders discussed the steps they felt were necessary to strengthen the party, and decided to convey to the leadership that their sole interest was to “save the idea of India”. which only a strong Congress can do. The G-23 had strongly advocated for “collective leadership” in its meeting here on Wednesday.
Earlier, on Thursday, a day after the Group of 23 stood for “inclusive and collective leadership” in the Congress, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, one of its members, met Rahul Gandhi and the two leaders discussed a reform. done. Party organization, a major demand of the dissidents.
Congress sources said the party leadership wants to resolve differences with the G-23 and is reaching out to its leaders. Some senior leaders are understood to have been appointed to hold talks with the dissident group to resolve the differences.
The G-23 has been consistently demanding a reorganization of the organization since it first wrote about it in 2020 after the electoral defeat to Sonia Gandhi and the party’s dwindling clout.