But it is clear that the leadership does not have any kind of plan or project for that. Kapil Sibal’s harsh criticism that the party’s constitution should be changed if nominations continue instead of organisational elections can be considered as falling on deaf ears of the leadership.

It was after quite a long time that Congress President Sonia Gandhi announced the reconstitution of the Working Committee and the AICC. The move comes after 23 leaders, including Kapil Sibal, submitted a letter demanding permanent leadership of the party. But when the reorganisation was carried out, many of the front-runners in the letter were ignored. Ghulam Nabi Azad lost his membership of the Working Committee.

It is in this context that Kapil Sibal has once again come out with a critique of the leadership. Kapil Sibal pointed out that their only demand was to implement what is stated in the party governing structure. He said that it would be better to change the constitution if the party leadership was not interested in reorganisation of the party through the elections mentioned in the constitution.

Some party leaders claim the Congress to be the largest democratic party in the country. This claim may be due to the fact that they do not see the BJP as a democratic party but retains the character of a cadre party. At present, Narendra Modi and Amit Shah decide things in the BJP. Even the BJP president is forced to tow their line. But leaders of the Congress, which they claim to be the largest democratic party in the country, need to think about how different the situation is in Congress.

Unfortunately, the Congress does not even have the kind of democracy that exists within the BJP. A leader like Narendra Modi was able to rise to the top of the party and the country only because the BJP did not have a family rule like in the Congress. The Congress has not changed the belief that it is deluged after watching Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka holding the mantle of the party for years. The dependent leaders around them are those who do not want this situation to change.

The attitude of the Nehru family towards the Congress itself is now very strange. Sonia Gandhi does not want to continue as president due to age limitations. Instead, Rahul Gandhi was brought to the post. But when Rahul opted to step down from presidency following the 2019 election defeat, Sonia Gandhi was forced to return to the post instead. Sonia Gandhi is still the caretaker president. Priyanka has no interest in becoming a leader.

These three, who do not want to take the lead, are not interested in finding a president outside the Nehru family. What they are saying is that the scripture of the party is to find a new president, working committee and AICC by organising elections even if the dependents object. The practice of nomination continues unabated.

If the Nehru family was once the strength of the Congress leadership, today the situation is quite different. It is such that a revival of the party is possible only if it is properly reorganised with the Nehru family kept away. Even if Sonia Gandhi, the caretaker president, were to step down, Rahul, who is still making decisions behind the scenes and remains unstable as a leader, could not be expected to revive the party.

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The decision from Kangana comes just a few days after BMC demolished her Manikarnika Films building, alleging that it was constructed illegally. After the demolition, Kangana revealed that she will continue working in the ravaged building, as she does not have sufficient money to rebuild it.

“I had my office opening on 15th Jan, shortly after corona hit us, like most of us I haven’t worked ever since, don’t have money to renovate it, I will work from those ruins keep that office ravaged as a symbol of a woman’s will that dared to rise in this world,” wrote Kangana on her Twitter page.

Recently, the actress had also lashed out at Indian National Congress leader Sonia Gandhi for maintaining culpable silence on her issue. Kangana revealed that the silence of Sonia Gandhi is unacceptable, and made it clear that history will judge the Congress leader. The actress urged Sonia Gandhi to do something to uphold the principles of our constitution put forward by Dr BR Ambedkar.

The actress had also blamed Shiv Sena for compromising their ideologies, as leaders in the party started the hunt for power.

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Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad clarified that Mr. Gandhi never said those remarks. He added that in the meeting he stated that some colleagues outside the CWC were making such claim and he would resign if they could prove it.Congress leader who had expressed displeasure on the same withdrew his statement following clarification from Rahul.

Meanwhile, Senior leader Ahmed Patel urged former party chief Rahul Gandhi to take over as Congress President. He was unanimously backed by other members of the CWC.

The CWC met virtually on Monday to discuss the leadership issue after its interim chief Sonia Gandhi offered to step down and asked the party to find a permanent head.

Unlike other virtual CWC meetings, the Congress has taken extra precaution and changed from Zoom to WebEx application as this application has more restrictive features to record the proceedings.

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She expressed her wish to discontinue in the post at a crucial CWC meet which is conducting online on Monday. Sonia Gandhi made the offer to quit saying she had given a detailed reply on the issue to AICC general secretary K C Venugopal.

However, Manmohan Singh and A K Antony urged her to continue till a new party president is elected.

Sonia took over as interim chief on August 10, 2019, after Rahul stepped down taking responsibility for the party’s Lok Sabha debacle.

The meeting happens a day after the content of a letter written by 21 prominent Congress leader, seeking sweeping changes in the party leadership, was published in the media.

Interim party president Sonia Gandhi joins the Congress Working Committee's virtual meeting; the meeting is now underway https://t.co/Ea7oguNhqW

— ANI (@ANI) August 24, 2020

Rahul Gandhi was highly critical of the timing of the letter. He questioned why the letter over party leadership sent at a time when Sonia Gandhi was admitted to hospital. Rahul Gandhi also alleged that the dissenters are colluding with the BJP.

First public reaction to the comments by Rahul, Senior lawyer and MP Kapil Sibal tweeted: “Last 30 years have never made a statement in favour of BJP on any issue.”

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The party is divided on the leadership matter with a section demanding collective leadership and another reposing faith in the Gandhi family.

The dissent letter was written by a group of senior party leaders, several party men including Punjab CM Capt Amarinder Singh, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Bhagel, as well as several state Congress chiefs, rallied behind the Gandhis.

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