Congress appoints new general secretaries to AICC, dissident Ghulam Nabi Azad left out

The party also set up a special committee to help Sonia Gandhi in organisational matters. None of the dissident leaders are on the panel.

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· Sep 11, 2020 · 10:24 pm

‘Rise above family affinity’: Nine expelled Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders write to Sonia Gandhi

The party leaders warned that if the leadership deviates from its responsibility, the Congress will become ‘a thing of the past’.

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· Sep 07, 2020 · 10:27 am

Congress announces teams for 2022 UP Assembly polls, leaves out those who asked for party overhaul

Those who denounced the letter asking for reforms within the party have reportedly found positions in the committees.

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· Sep 07, 2020 · 08:11 am

Congress crisis: There is no urgency for an elected party president, says Salman Khurshid

Khurshid said he would not have signed the letter sent by 23 senior party leaders to Sonia Gandhi, even if he had been approached.

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· Aug 31, 2020 · 10:01 am

‘Not one concern raised in letter was addressed by Congress Working Committee,’ claims Kapil Sibal

The Congress leader said no leader stepped in when those who wrote the letter were attacked and labelled as traitors at the CWC meeting.

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· Aug 30, 2020 · 10:48 am

Letter written to Sonia Gandhi ‘misconstrued’, it was to revitalise Congress, says Jitin Prasada

A district unit of the Uttar Pradesh Congress has passed a resolution against Prasada for seeking reforms in the party.

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· Aug 29, 2020 · 04:18 pm

Letter to Sonia Gandhi: Kerala Congress chief steps in after state legislator attacks Shashi Tharoor

Kerala Congress leader Kodikunnil Suresh called Tharoor, one of the signatories of the letter, a ‘guest artist and immature politician’.

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· Aug 29, 2020 · 07:50 am

Sonia Gandhi makes new Congress appointments in Parliament, snubs dissenters: Reports

New five-member decision-making groups have been formed in both the Houses, comprising Gandhi family loyalists.

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· Aug 28, 2020 · 11:45 am

Congress leaders’ letter to Sonia Gandhi says party has been in steady decline since 2014: Report

It also said that the Congress no more was a ‘nurturing leadership’ and that free and fair elections need to be held in the party.

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· Aug 28, 2020 · 11:22 am

Congress chief appointed without election may not even have 1% support, says Ghulam Nabi Azad

His comments came after a letter written by 23 Congress leaders questioned the party’s style of functioning and demanded collective leadership.

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· Aug 27, 2020 · 09:41 pm

Congress row: Jitin Prasada faces backlash in UP over letter, Kapil Sibal calls it unfortunate

The party’s unit in Lakhimpur Kheri has passed a resolution, demanding the expulsion of Prasada who is among the 23 signatories of the ‘dissent letter’.

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· Aug 27, 2020 · 02:15 pm

Sonia Gandhi to continue as interim Congress president for now, new chief to be selected in 6 months

Gandhi had offered to step down from the top post and said that she was in favour of appointing a new president.

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· Aug 24, 2020 · 06:44 pm