Beyond the chintan shivir, Congress’s existential crisis
2 years, 7 months ago

Beyond the chintan shivir, Congress’s existential crisis

Hindustan Times  

Punjab Congress leader Sunil Jakhar’s exit on May 19, and Hardik Patel’s acerbic message to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi days earlier, have paid put to the hopes of loyalists expecting an end to the continuing haemorrhaging of talent from the beleaguered party- and its revival in the aftermath of the Udaipur chintan shivir. Congress’s only stand was to oppose whatever the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi did.” The letter sums up what happened at Udaipur. Recently writing in a national English daily, Mani Shankar Aiyar, another senior Congress leader observed, “There is the deep and abiding conviction that it is the Gandhis who together constitute the glue, or the bonding adhesive, that keeps the party together and gives it an all India profile.” Reports from the shivir suggest that most of the delegates rejected the G-23 line and were with Antony-Aiyar on the leadership issue. Blind opposition to Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party will continue to define the Congress’s ideological moorings.

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Calm down, G23 leaders tell Azad
2 years, 3 months ago

Calm down, G23 leaders tell Azad

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Some members of the Congress’ G-23 change-seekers group like Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Anand Sharma and Prithviraj Chauhan met former Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Tuesday evening. He was a part of the letter writers like us, so we wanted to know why he quit the party without keeping us in the loop?” Hooda, a former Haryana …

Jairam Ramesh says G23 a figment of imagination, there’s only…
2 years, 3 months ago

Jairam Ramesh says G23 a figment of imagination, there’s only…

Hindustan Times  

Congress veteran Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday took a veiled dig at the Ghulam Nabi Azad-led grouping of dissenters known as G-23 or Group of 23 stating that it never really existed. Addressing a press briefing in Kerala ahead of the Congress' mega organisational programme ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ led by Wayanad MP and former president Rahul Gandhi, Ramesh said there is …

Ghulam Nabi Azad says people in Congress today are ’useless’
2 years, 3 months ago

Ghulam Nabi Azad says people in Congress today are ’useless’

Live Mint  

After resigning from all positions and the primary membership of the Congress Party, Ghulam Nabi Azad called the "new people in Congress useless" who, he said, are not even aware of the senior leaders. Ghulam Nabi Azad also said while talking to news agency ANI that he gave blood for the Congress party and he couldn't sleep for six days …

Ghulam Nabi Azad says 'national space conceded to BJP', opens up on G-23
2 years, 3 months ago

Ghulam Nabi Azad says 'national space conceded to BJP', opens up on G-23

Hindustan Times  

Ghulam Nabi Azad’s exit from the Congress on Friday is being viewed as a huge setback to the party at a time when it is set to launch a mass-contact program ahead of the 2024 national elections in a bid to revive its fortunes. “This all happened because the leadership in the past eight years has tried to foist a …

Congress fails to inspire hopes of revival despite Chintan Shivir’s lofty goals
2 years, 6 months ago

Congress fails to inspire hopes of revival despite Chintan Shivir’s lofty goals

The Hindu  

Published : May 29, 2022 06:00 IST On May 24, 2022, approximately a week after the Congress held a “Nav Sankalp Chintan Shivir“, the party initiated a handful of measures described by many of its leaders as the first concrete steps aimed at advancing the new ideas formulated at the Shivir. Sibal had also joined hands with a group of …

Congress president Sonia Gandhi forms 3 groups to chart road ahead for party
2 years, 7 months ago

Congress president Sonia Gandhi forms 3 groups to chart road ahead for party

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: To chart the Congress' future course, its chief Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday formed three groups -- on political affairs for guidance on key issues, Task Force-2024 to implement the Udaipur 'Nav Sankalp' declaration and another to coordinate the October 2 'Bharat Jodo Yatra'. While Rahul Gandhi and two prominent members of the G23 -- Ghulam Nabi Azad and …

Shashi Tharoor posts photos from Chintan Shivir; says ‘amicable solutions found’
2 years, 7 months ago

Shashi Tharoor posts photos from Chintan Shivir; says ‘amicable solutions found’

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday posted a group photo of some members of the political committee as the party prepared for the last day of the 3-day Chintan Shivir at Udaipur and said amicable solutions were found after several views were passionately debated. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor posted this photo on Sunday as Congress's Chintan Shivir is all set …

Congress Chintan Shivir: Party's connection with people 'broken', admits Rahul Gandhi
2 years, 7 months ago

Congress Chintan Shivir: Party's connection with people 'broken', admits Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Highlights Congress on Sunday adopted a 'Nav Sankalp' -- a road map for wide-ranging reforms in the party Rahul Gandhi alleged a “systematic destruction” of various institutions was taking place Party has also adopted the ‘one-family, one ticket' formula Acknowledging that the Congress' connection with people has been “broken”, Rahul Gandhi announced on Sunday that the party will undertake a …

Sonia Gandhi reaches out to G-23 leaders
2 years, 9 months ago

Sonia Gandhi reaches out to G-23 leaders

The Hindu  

Days after meeting G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress president Sonia Gandhi reached out to other members of the group by meeting Anand Sharma, Manish Tewari and Vivek Tankha on Tuesday. Two other G-23 leaders, former Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, are said to have been invited but couldn’t attend as they …

Congress Planning To Accommodate Some G-23 Leaders In Decision-Making Process
2 years, 9 months ago

Congress Planning To Accommodate Some G-23 Leaders In Decision-Making Process

ABP News  

New Delhi: With the Gandhis engaging with G-23 leaders after their recent offensive in the wake of the party's poll debacle, some of them may find a place in the decision-making process in the revamped Congress party in line with their demand for collective leadership. Sources said on Monday that some of these leaders may be accommodated in the Congress …

Congress vs G-23: Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet Sonia Gandhi with 'final proposal'; Rahul, Priyanka to attend
2 years, 9 months ago

Congress vs G-23: Ghulam Nabi Azad to meet Sonia Gandhi with 'final proposal'; Rahul, Priyanka to attend

India TV News  

Highlights Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad is likely to meet party chief Sonia Gandhi at 10 Janpath on Mar 17 Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will also be present at meeting, said sources It's believed that Azad will present final proposal of G-23 members before the party's high command Following the poll debacle of Congress in five states and …

Congress' G-23 leaders meet for second time in 24 hours, Azad likely to meet Sonia today
2 years, 9 months ago

Congress' G-23 leaders meet for second time in 24 hours, Azad likely to meet Sonia today

India TV News  

Highlights Azad likely to meet Sonia today Sources in the G-23 said the leaders discussed some "concrete proposals" Congress' Group of 23 or G-23 leaders met for the second time in 24 hours at the residence of senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday. A day after the Group of 23 pitched for an "inclusive and collective leadership" in the …

G-23 leaders call for ‘collective and inclusive leadership’
2 years, 9 months ago

G-23 leaders call for ‘collective and inclusive leadership’

The Hindu  

In a sign of deepening fault lines within the Congress, the group of 23 leaders on Wednesday met at former Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad’s residence here to discuss the party’s debacle in the recent Assembly polls and declared that “collective and inclusive leadership is the only way forward”. The addition to the list …

Quit pseudo-secularism, create counter narratives: Shiv Sena to Congress
2 years, 9 months ago

Quit pseudo-secularism, create counter narratives: Shiv Sena to Congress

India Today  

The Shiv Sena, in an editorial in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, has asked the party's Maha Vikas Aghadi government partner Congress to “quit pseudo-secularism”. It asked the Congress to “create alternative narratives to counter the Bharatiya Janata Party”. The Shiv Sena said that the Congress must create narratives to “counter perceptions created by the BJP through films like ‘The Kashmir Files’ …

Sonia Gandhi remains Congress chief; party calls ‘chintan shivir’ to discuss rout
2 years, 9 months ago

Sonia Gandhi remains Congress chief; party calls ‘chintan shivir’ to discuss rout

The Hindu  

All the three members of the Gandhi family are ready to step aside from leadership roles and make any sacrifice if the party so desires, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said in her opening remarks at the Congress Working Committee meeting here on Sunday but the party’s highest decision making body unanimously rejected it and reaffirmed its faith in Ms. Gandhi’s …

G23 | The reformists within the Congress party
3 years, 2 months ago

G23 | The reformists within the Congress party

The Hindu  

As a former Union Minister who expounded the “zero loss” theory in the allocation of 2G spectrum during the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government, Kapil Sibal is no stranger to controversies. Erosion of support The Punjab experiment to elevate Navjot Singh Sidhu as the State party chief and unseat Captain Amarinder Singh as Chief Minister, and the decision to induct …

Congress leader Manish Tewari upset over party's silence on Navjot Singh Sidhu
3 years, 3 months ago

Congress leader Manish Tewari upset over party's silence on Navjot Singh Sidhu

India TV News  

Prominent leader of the G-23 group in the Congress, Manish Tewari is upset over the party's silence on Punjab Congress President Navjot Singh Sidhu, who has used threatening language against the party. He used a Urdu couplet to describe the situation, "hum aah bhi bharte hai tau, ho jaate ha badnaam, wo qatal bhi karte hain tau charcha nahi hote." …

Congress must first understand aspirations of party workers, citizens to defeat BJP: Kapil Sibal
3 years, 4 months ago

Congress must first understand aspirations of party workers, citizens to defeat BJP: Kapil Sibal

India Today  

Senior Opposition leaders converged at 8, Teen Murti Lane in New Delhi on Monday night. Omar Abdullah said, "It's all very well to get the Opposition together, but unless the Congress gets 120 seats in Parliament, at least, we'll not be able to form an alternative." On the one hand, we want the Congress to get stronger and, on the …

G-23 cannot exist in any other party except Congress, says Rahul Gandhi
3 years, 9 months ago

G-23 cannot exist in any other party except Congress, says Rahul Gandhi

The Hindu  

Making his first public comments on the group of 23 dissenters, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that such a group cannot exist in any other political party except the Congress. Talking about the inclusive nature of the Congress that allows conversations and negotiations, Mr. Gandhi said,“For example, there are 20 people, a group of 20 people, who …

'Not part of it': Veerappa Moily distances himself from 'G-23' Congress meet in Jammu
3 years, 9 months ago

'Not part of it': Veerappa Moily distances himself from 'G-23' Congress meet in Jammu

Firstpost  

Bengaluru: Distancing himself from the Jammu meet of G-23 leaders, senior Congress leader M Veerappa Moily on Monday virtually expressed concern over internal differences in the party spilling out into the open, and backed Rahul Gandhi’s return as President of the outfit. The former union minister was one of the groups of 23 leaders who wrote to the interim President …

Congress is weakening, 'G-23' leaders will work to strengthen party, say dissenters at Jammu meet
3 years, 9 months ago

Congress is weakening, 'G-23' leaders will work to strengthen party, say dissenters at Jammu meet

Firstpost  

Asked about the meet, the Congress said they were senior and highly respected members of the party and their best contribution to the Congress’ cause would be to get active in five poll-bound states Jammu: In a public show of dissent, the ‘G-23’ leaders, including Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and Kapil Sibal, who have been pressing for a leadership …

The G-23 dilemma: May 2 deadline for Gandhis-led Congress to prove itself?
3 years, 9 months ago

The G-23 dilemma: May 2 deadline for Gandhis-led Congress to prove itself?

India Today  

“Deewar kya giri mere khasta makaan ki, logon ne mere sehn mein raaste bana liye” Post May 2, 2021, would the Gandhis be humming this couplet by Sibt Ali Saba? Going by a recent opinion poll survey, except for Tamil Nadu where the Congress is a junior partner, the Grand Old Party is unlikely to taste electoral success in any …

G-23 Media Creation, Not Against Anyone, Working to Strengthen Congress: Ghulam Nabi Azad in Jammu
3 years, 9 months ago

G-23 Media Creation, Not Against Anyone, Working to Strengthen Congress: Ghulam Nabi Azad in Jammu

News 18  

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad, who recently retired from the Rajya Sabha, said everybody is working for the grand old party and trying to strengthen it. We are looking to develop the nation.” Speaking at an event, titled Shanti Sammelan, in Jammu where the former leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha was accompanied by other Congress dissenters like …

Congress rift widens with caustic G-23 meeting in Jammu
3 years, 9 months ago

Congress rift widens with caustic G-23 meeting in Jammu

The Hindu  

The internal differences in the Congress spilled out into the open on Saturday, with the dissenting group, or the ‘G-23’, in a show of strength held a rally in Jammu ostensibly to felicitate Ghulam Nabi Azad on his retirement from Rajya Sabha but clearly challenging the party leadership. The meeting was attended by senior Congress leaders including former Haryana Chief …

Analysis | 2020, a year of turbulence for Congress
3 years, 11 months ago

Analysis | 2020, a year of turbulence for Congress

The Hindu  

A rare act of public defiance by leaders who were always considered as loyalists of the first family, a high profile switch over and the collapse of an elected government in the Hindi heartland of Madhya Pradesh, a string of electoral losses and a few holidays in between. In August 2019, nearly three months after Rahul Gandhi stepped down as …

Congress plans ‘chintan shivir’ to address woes
4 years ago

Congress plans ‘chintan shivir’ to address woes

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The logjam within the Congress continues even after Congress president Sonia Gandhi along with senior leaders met some of G23 letter writers. Mr Bansal said Mrs Sonia Gandhi told the leaders that all of them are a “very big family” and they should strive to strengthen the party. Antony said Rahul Gandhi should take over as party chief, …

In 5-hour meet, Sonia Gandhi placates G-23 but still no clarity on Rahul's return as Congress chief
4 years ago

In 5-hour meet, Sonia Gandhi placates G-23 but still no clarity on Rahul's return as Congress chief

India Today  

It looks like rapprochement time in the Congress. Congress’ interim chief Sonia Gandhi deftly handled the G-23, pacifying them with affection, attention and letting them have their say to the fullest. There is a view that Sonia Gandhi should be formally asked to lead as ‘regular president’ and appoint four working presidents, two each drawn from the young and the …

Congress pot simmers again over talk of 'G 23' meet with Sonia
4 years ago

Congress pot simmers again over talk of 'G 23' meet with Sonia

India Today  

Speculation is rife over 'G 23' Congress dissenters getting an audience with party's interim chief Sonia Gandhi. For Sonia, who holds a distinction of being the longest-serving All India Congress Committee chief in the 136-year history of the Congress, the meeting may see history repeat itself like in 1996 and then 1998 when two serving Congress presidents, first PV Narasimha …

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