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after the dissident leaders of G-23 “The meeting with Sonia Gand-
convened a meeting at Ghulam Nabi hi was good. All members of the
Azad’s residence on Wednesday. Congress party decided unanimously
During the meeting, it was decided that she should continue as the presi-
that the only way forward for the par- dent, nobody said that Sonia Gandhi
ty is to adopt the model of collective should quit, we just had some sugges-
and inclusive leadership and decision tions that were shared,” Azad told
making at all levels. media persons after the meeting at
“Just because we are not in 10 Janpath, the residence of Sonia
power, Congress leaders or workers Gandhi. “The discussion was held to
should not panic. BJP and other par- fight unitedly in the forthcoming As-
ties are transit passengers, they will sembly elections to defeat the oppo-
come and go, it is the Congress that sition parties,” he said.
will remain here.” The G-23 group has been a vo-
Moily said that Sonia Gandhi cal critic of Congress leadership, de-
wants reforms within the Congress manding an organizational overhaul
party but people around her have after its members wrote a joint letter
sabotaged it. “G23 leaders are tar- to Gandhi in 2020.
geting the senior leader & weakening The results of five assembly polls
the Congress party. BJP cannot be a came as a shock to the Congress
perennial party and it will not stand which was hoping to do well to revive
the turmoil of politics after Modi.” its prospects for the 2024 Lok Sabha
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi polls and to fend off the emerging
Azad on Friday met with party pres- challenge from the Aam Aadmi Par-
ident Sonia Gandhi here and said he ty (AAP) and Trinamool Congress to
has shared suggestions discussed in replace it as the fulcrum of anti-BJP
the dissident G-23 group meeting on politics in the country.
strengthening the party, which had a The party is slated to elect a new
dismal showing in the recently con- party chief later this year at the cul-
cluded Assembly polls in five states. mination of organizational elections.

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