Party is getting weak, say Cong ‘letter writers’

The truth is that Congress is getting weak, and therefore we have assembled here to make it strong together KAPIL SIBAL, Congress leader

A meeting to felicitate former Rajya Sabha member of Parliament from Kashmir (and a former chief minister of the state) Ghulam Nabi Azad, and launch a campaign against the Bharatiya Janata Party, also ended up being a platform for some of the speakers -- all Congressmen -- to air their views on the state of their own party.

Azad, and many of the other speakers, Kapil Sibal, Anand Sharma, Bhupinder Hooda, Manish Tewari and Vivek Tankha are among the 23 signatories of an August letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi seeking changes in how the party is run, including an election for organisational posts.

The meeting was noticed in Delhi, with Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi pointing out that the party would be better served if the leaders campaigned in electiongoing states.

“This is an occasion and podium to speak truth and the truth is that Congress is getting weak and therefore we have assembled here to make it strong together,” said Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal.

Singhvi responded to the meeting by saying that the leaders are “part of this Congress family” and the “best contribution to the Congress cause would be to get active in the various abhiyans going on in the various states going to elections”.