Congress row: AICC members being mailed copy of G-23’s letter to Sonia

Image Source : FILE AICC members being mailed copy of G-23’s letter to Sonia
The letter row, which created a serious controversy within the Congress in August final yr, doesn’t appear to have died down, with AICC members being mailed a replica of the letter written by 23 senior leaders to interim chief Sonia Gandhi looking for widespread reforms within the occasion.
The Congress has determined to carry occasion elections in May after the completion of the upcoming 5 Assembly elections and AICC members are additionally electors within the course of.
Members of the ‘G-23’ group are tight-lipped over the event and plenty of say that they’re unaware of it. While some AICC members did obtain the letter, it’s not clear who’s behind posting it.
As per the Congress Constitution, in case of the President resigning or passing away, the election might be carried out for the remaining time period by which AICC members vote but when it’s a common elections, the PCC delegates vote to decide on the occasion chief.

The Congress could have an ‘elected’ occasion President by June, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) determined in its January assembly and it was unanimously agreed to carry it after the state elections.
The put up is mendacity vacant since July 2019 after Rahul Gandhi formally resigned, proudly owning ethical accountability for the occasion’s drubbing within the Lok Sabha elections.
Former President Sonia Gandhi is performing because the interim occasion chief since August 2019 until a brand new incumbent took over. But since then, Congress has been unable to zero in on a candidate for the put up.
In between, rise up within the Congress reared its head as 23 leaders wrote to her in August 2020 demanding sweeping reforms within the occasion, together with organisational elections from the grass-roots to the CWC degree.
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