By PTI
NEW DELHI: G-23 chief Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday and mentioned he conveyed options to strengthen the celebration, a day after members of the dissenting group held a flurry of conferences over measures to revamp the organisation.
Speaking to reporters after assembly Sonia Gandhi, Azad mentioned it was a great assembly with the Congress president with the dialogue centred on how you can put together and combat unitedly the forthcoming meeting polls to tackle rival events.
Playing down the assembly, he advised reporters that it “may be news for you but we keep meeting the Congress president at various intervals”.
“Mrs Gandhi keeps having discussions with leaders to strengthen the organisation. A few days ago the working committee had met and suggestions were asked as to how to strengthen the Congress party and what were the reasons for the defeat (in five assembly polls). I had also given my suggestions,” he mentioned.
However, it’s not attainable to document and bear in mind all options, he added.
Azad mentioned he reiterated options to strengthen the Congress organisation. The assembly comes a day after members of the G-23 held a flurry of conferences over measures to revamp the celebration.
After the Group of 23 pitched for an “inclusive and collective leadership” within the Congress, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, one in every of its members, met Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and the 2 leaders had been learnt to have mentioned a revamp of the celebration organisation, a key demand of the dissenters.
The conferences are being seen as an try by the Gandhi household to succeed in out to the G-23, which has proven indicators of accelerating aggression on the management concern after Congress’ abject loss within the meeting elections in 5 states.
Earlier on Friday, Azad additionally met veteran Congress chief Karan Singh and mentioned he got here to greet Singh on Holi.
Rahul Gandhi, a former Congress president, had referred to as Hooda for a dialogue on the political scenario in Haryana. However, the dialogue spilled over to the celebration’s abysmal efficiency within the elections.
Sonia Gandhi had earlier reached out to Azad on Wednesday forward of the G-23 dinner assembly at his residence. The leaders of the grouping have since held a collection of conferences at Azad’s residence.
The celebration management desires to resolve the variations with the G-23 and is reaching out to its leaders. It is learnt to have deputed some senior leaders for parleys with the dissenting group to resolve the variations, in line with sources.
