There were 18 party leaders: G-23 rebels and some “newcomers.” In the evening, they talked about “collective and inclusive leadership” at the home of the senior party leader, Ghulam Azad.
The statement did not show that some parts of this party want a non-Gandhi person to be in charge or elected to the party.
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Yet, it said that Congress should be proactive in forming alliances with similar parties to fight the BJP in 2024 to stop the party from going backward in the opposition.
Kapil Sibal, Manish Tiwari, Anand Sharma, and Prithviraj Chavan were some people who came to the meeting. They were all part of the 23-strong group, and they all went to the forum.
Shashi Tharoor is also a signer of the letter sent to Sonia Gandhi two years ago. Before the meeting, Tharoor tweeted an unintentional tweet that warned of “a couple of more errors.”
Newbies like Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Raj Babbar were also there. Shankar Singh Vaghela and Manishankar Aiyer were also there, though. The declaration said that “that the best way to move forward is for Congress to act in a way that is inclusive and collaborative at all levels.”
“To fight against the BJP, it is crucial to build up the Congress Party. To make a credible alternative for 2024, we want the Congress party and other groups like it to talk with each other “It said,
Kapil Sibal used to live there, but now it’s a place for people to meet. The venue was changed last minute because Gandhis’ recent comments made some people nervous, so the meeting was moved.
At the time of an Indian Express interview, Mr. Sibal was said to have said: “I want to have a Sabbath in the Congress. Other people want a Ghar Ki Congress.”
The late Mr. Sibal was also unhappy with his views on the meeting of his working committee, which was unable to talk about resignations from Sonia Gandhi and her children and said that they would still be in charge of the party.
“It doesn’t belong to the CWC. Because we don’t belong to the CWC, we have very different views from many other people in Congress “He had said that.
There was a buzz about a rift in the group because of his bold statements and the arrival of new people at the meeting. But, the move to a new venue suggested that any talk of a split might be premature.
Two of the leaders who were there, Anand Sharma and Mr. Azad, were also part of the Congress Working Committee meeting earlier this week. They have already said what they think.
Mr. Azad had talked about the current situation in Punjab, where the Congress had been beaten to its lowest point. Sonia Gandhi said that protecting Amarinder Singh was a mistake.
Friday, some of the dissidents met with Ghulam Nabi Azad at his house. They were angry that the Congress leadership didn’t do what was needed to get the party back on track in the conference. Also, they talked about the best way to move forward.
The massive organizational changes that the G-23 demanded two years ago are still ongoing.
People talked about setting up a new commission to plan for the election after the session of the parliament was over in the Working Committee meeting.
Yet, no formal promise was made to make a significant change in the way things were done.
As soon as the election was over, Sonia Gandhi had fired party leaders in the five states where the polls were held.
