The recent reshuffle in the state Congress has angered senior leaders, particularly the appointment of Vikar Wani as president — a post earlier held by a Ghulam aide.
The rebels, and a few fresh faces, met twice in the last two days, to brainstorm ways ahead after the party’s humiliating poll debacle in five assembly states.
Though there is no official confirmation from Sonia Gandhi’s office about Thursday’s meeting, party sources said her children Rahul and Priyanka could attend.
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya declined Padma Bhushan and Ghulam Nabi Azad drew jibes from Congress leaders for accepting the award from Modi govt. But such controversies are not new.
Senior leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad and Kapil Sibal Wednesday demanded a meeting to discuss internal party issues such as a spate of defections from Congress and turmoil in Punjab.
The Congress leader has been advocating for reforms within the Congress including calling for internal elections and recently drew flak from Jammu party unit for praising PM Modi.
In the first-of-its-kind protest against the former J&K CM, the Congress unit accused Azad of conspiracy against the party on the behest of BJP after he praised PM Modi.
The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it from happening.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
COMMENTS