Nine expelled Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh have written to party president Sonia Gandhi, asking her to “rise above the affinity for th...
Nine expelled Congress leaders in Uttar Pradesh have written to party president Sonia Gandhi, asking her to “rise above the affinity for the family” and lead by establishing mutual trust and restoring the constitutional and democratic values, PTI reported on Sunday. “If you deviate from your responsibility, then Congress will become a thing of the past,” they said.
Last month, a controversy erupted after a similar letter was written by 23 Congress leaders and included former chief ministers such as Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Prithviraj Chavan, former ministers Shashi Tharoor, and Milind Deora and Jitin Prasada. They questioned the party’s style of functioning, demanded collective leadership and called for “a full time and visible” party chief. It was seen as direct challenge to Gandhi’s authority over organisational matters. Following this, Gandhi reportedly offered to resign, but the Congress Working Committee in a resolution said that she will continue to be the interim chief of the party after a marathon virtual meeting.
In the letter dated September 2, the nine Congress leaders said that former prime ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi built the Congress and the country with a foundation of democratic values. “But it is ironical that, for some time the way in which the party...
