New Delhi: Senior Congress Leader Ghulam Nabi Azadi wrote to the party president Sonia Gandhi Demanded an immediate meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to discuss the current situation in the organisation.
Sources said Azad, a former leader of the opposition Who currently ‘leads’ in the Rajya Sabha23. group ofLeaders who have called for organizational change in the past have called for internal discussions in the wake of the exodus of their leaders.
The senior party colleague has also demanded that an immediate meeting of the party’s highest decision-making body CWC be convened and wonder who in the party is taking decisions in the absence of the full-time president.
Their demand comes in the wake of the turmoil in the Punjab Congress following the removal of Amarinder Singh from the post of Chief Minister; Former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro and leaders such as Sushmita Dev and Abhijit Mukherjee left the party; And senior Kerala Congress leader VM Sudheeran resigned from AICC.
Azad, along with 22 other leaders, had written to the Congress president last year, demanding organizational change and elections for all party posts.
After this, Sonia Gandhi held a meeting with some such leaders including Azad and it was decided to hold elections for the new Congress President by June. However, this could not happen due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The leaders of the ‘Group of 23’ have claimed that they want reforms in the party to strengthen the organization to take on the BJP and Narendra Modi and are raising issues in the interest of the party.
Sources said Azad, a former leader of the opposition Who currently ‘leads’ in the Rajya Sabha23. group ofLeaders who have called for organizational change in the past have called for internal discussions in the wake of the exodus of their leaders.
The senior party colleague has also demanded that an immediate meeting of the party’s highest decision-making body CWC be convened and wonder who in the party is taking decisions in the absence of the full-time president.
Their demand comes in the wake of the turmoil in the Punjab Congress following the removal of Amarinder Singh from the post of Chief Minister; Former Goa Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro and leaders such as Sushmita Dev and Abhijit Mukherjee left the party; And senior Kerala Congress leader VM Sudheeran resigned from AICC.
Azad, along with 22 other leaders, had written to the Congress president last year, demanding organizational change and elections for all party posts.
After this, Sonia Gandhi held a meeting with some such leaders including Azad and it was decided to hold elections for the new Congress President by June. However, this could not happen due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The leaders of the ‘Group of 23’ have claimed that they want reforms in the party to strengthen the organization to take on the BJP and Narendra Modi and are raising issues in the interest of the party.
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