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Former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir and veteran Congress leader, Ghulam Nabi Azad, is paying a heavy price for heading a group of dissidents in the party.
The Congress high command seems in no mood to mend fences with Azad. The veteran leader and his supporters were hoping that the high command would nominate Azad for Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu by striking a deal with its alliance partner DMK but the high command did nothing and two DMK candidates for Rajya Sabha seats were elected unopposed from Tamil Nadu.
On Wednesday, Azad wrote to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi for an early meet of the Congress Working Committee which is the highest decision making body of the party.
In his letter the Azad pointed out the need to have a permanent party president in place and reiterated his demand for organisational elections in the party.
Azad was seconded by another senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal who launched an attack on Rahul Gandhi and wondered who in the party is taking decisions.
Sibal expressed dismay over demand of organisational elections not being met even a year after the letter was written by G-23.
The Congress high command ignoring Azad seems to have set a stage for yet another face-off between the young leaders in the party and the old horses.
The Congress high command has sent a clear message to veterans that they cannot force the leadership to take decisions that suit them.
After the debacle of the Congress Party in 2019 parliamentary elections, Rahul Gandhi, had stepped down as the president of the Congress Party following which Sonia Gandhi took over as the interim president of the party.
In August last year, a group of 23 leaders wrote to Sonia Gandhi demanding elections in the party and for visible and effective leadership. The Congress had said that the party would move forward but elections were not conducted.
When Rahul Gandhi visited Jammu earlier this month Ghulam Nabi Azad had shared a stage with him and speculations were rife that differences have been sorted out.
But now, it seems that the void between the youngsters and elders has widened and the face-off is inevitable. It appears that the Congress is witnessing a split. If the leaders fail to reach a consensus, the “Grand Old Party” of the country could end up in a bigger mess. |
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