Page 4 - The Indian EYE 100121

BIG STORY OCTOBER 01, 2021 | The Indian Eye 4

A wAR wIthIN

ConGreSS

at CroSSroadS

the Congress witnesses a dramatic turn of events after Navjot singh sidhu resigned

as the Punjab Congress chief. with Amarinder singh leaving the party and the old

Guard challenging Rahul Gandhi, can Congress steer its ship in the right direction?

S Gopal puri day witnessed a dramatic turn of

New Delhi/Chandigarh events after Navjot Singh Sidhu
tendered his resignation from
mid a growing political the post of Punjab Congress
crisis in Punjab Con- chief. Soon after, three other
Agress, senior party lead- leaders and a minister of the
er Kapil Sibal added fuel to the state also submitted their resig-
fire on Wednesday as he claimed nation to the top leadership.
that they are unaware of who is Following the row sparked
taking the decisions in the party by Sibal, Congress General Sec-
as there is no president. retary Randeep Surjewala on
Thursday said that a meeting of
“In our party, there is no pres- Congress Working Committee

ident so we don’t know who (CWC) will be convened very
soon. His remarks came in a
is taking these decisions. we backdrop of G-23 senior mem-
know and yet we don’t know,” rahul Gandhi addresses a gathering in Kozhikode on Wednesday. (ani) ber Gulam Nabi Azad’s letter to
the party president Sonia Gand-
said the Congress leader in a hi in which he said that the ur-
press conference today again gent meeting of CWC should be

raising questions on the de- called. Commenting on recent
statements of G-23 leaders, the
lay in the election of the party Congress general secretary said:
president. A delegation of 23 “These should be avoided as in
this hour of crisis it harms the
members (G-23) of Congress image of the party.”
last year wrote a letter to the Amid the political crisis in

party’s interim President sonia Punjab Congress, Azad had
written a letter to Sonia Gandhi
Gandhi demanding a slew of or- asking her to convene a meeting
ganisational reforms. of the Congress Working Com-
mittee (CWC) on an urgent ba-
sis, sources said on Wednesday.
“We are not “Jee Huzoor But senior Congress lead-
23”. It is very clear. We will keep er and former Law Minister
talking. We will continue to reit- Workers of Delhi Congress protest against senior party leader Kapil Sibal Ashwani Kumar on Thursday
erate our demands,” Sibal said with “Get Well Soon Kapil Sibal” placards outside his residence, in new slammed Kapil Sibal saying that
while expressing resentment Delhi on Wednesday. (ani) at a time when the party expects
over the functioning of the par- support, he is pointing fingers at
ty and said it is ironic that those to the high command have left standing by. it. “Very surprising that some of
who were considered to be close them and the others are still The Congress party on Tues- Continued on next page... >>

www.TheIndianEYE .com