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 test raises a question. Why have Russian nuclear strategists now invested in the Burevestnik, when the US abandoned nuclear ramjet propulsion in 1964?
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
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