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| Annoyed' Azad flexes his muscle, asks Sonia to convene CWC meeting | | | Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 29: A day after Congress leadership faced embarrassment and humiliation following the resignation of blue-eyed boy Navjot Singh Sidhu, senior party leader and former Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad wrote to party president Sonia Gandhi, asking her to convene a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).
Ghulam Nabi Azad is a part of the group of 23 leaders (G-23), who had written a strongly worded letter to Sonia Gandhi last year, raising questions over the manner in which the party was being led and demanding a complete overhaul.
Ghulam Nabi Azad's latest letter to Sonia Gandhi came moments after another veteran Congress leader, Kapil Sibal, also a part of the G-23 group, held a press conference and said that they would continue to raise their demands.
"We are G-23, definitely not Ji Huzoor-23. It is very clear. We will keep raising our demands," said Kapil Sibal.
The Rajya Sabha member further said he and the G-23 leaders were not among those who would leave the Congress to join other parties. "Ironically, those who were supposed to be close to the central leadership have left them," he said.
Azad is annoyed over denying mandate for Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu.
As reported by this newspaper all hopes of veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for re-elections in the Rajya Sabha were dashed as two DMK candidates for Rajya Sabha seats were elected unopposed from Tamil Nadu.
Instead of accommodating Azad from Tamil Nadu, Congress high-command once again ditched its veteran leader for heading a group of dissidents in the party. |
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