Congress Letter

Promises Unmet, Sonia Gandhi To Face Dissenters At Parliament Strategy Session

India News | Written by Sunil Prabhu | Tuesday September 8, 2020

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will be chairing a virtual meet of the parliamentary strategy group today -- a first since the working committee meet held on August 24 -- where she will be interacting with key writers of the explosive letter that threw the party in turmoil.

"Rise Above Affinity For Family": Expelled UP Congress Leaders To Sonia Gandhi

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday September 6, 2020

Nine expelled UP Congress leaders write to Sonia Gandhi, asking her to "rise above the affinity for the family" and lead by restoring constitutional and democratic values

Party Has To Move Forward, "Forgetting Bygones": Congress Leader

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 30, 2020

In a snub to dissenters, the Congress said it is not appropriate for any leader to go public on internal matters of the party after president Sonia Gandhi had called for moving on collectively at the recent CWC meeting, which had discussed the leadership issue.

Sena MP On Congress Letter That Sparked Leadership Debate

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday August 30, 2020

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said stopping Rahul Gandhi from taking over leadership of Congresswill lead to "extinction" of the grand old party.

Opinion: As Gandhi Loyalists Are Promoted, Dissenters Say "Told You So"

Opinion | Swati Chaturvedi | Friday August 28, 2020

The dissenters are clear they will not give up. They are also aware that the Gandhi family and its managers will not go beyond cosmetic reforms and seek only for Rahul Gandhi to take over and remake the Congress in his own image. The 23 may well find they are in a lonely league of their own, one that could steadily shrink.

Exclusive: Complete Text Of Congress "Letter Bomb" And Its Big Points

India News | NDTV Newsdesk | Thursday August 27, 2020

Twenty-three Congress leaders including MPs and former ministers wrote a "dissident" letter to party interim chief Sonia Gandhi called for sweeping reforms, fair internal elections, collective decision-making and a "full-time, visible leadership".

Appointed Chief "May Not Even Have 1% Support": Ghulam Nabi Azad's Memo

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday August 27, 2020

Congress veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad, one of the signatories to the "dissident" letter that has rattled the party, delivered a sharp message today to the leadership four days after he was isolated and targeted at a top meeting.

"Old Guards Have Sabotaged Rahul Gandhi": Sena On Congress Letter Row

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday August 27, 2020

The letter written by 23 senior Congress leaders to Sonia Gandhi over their demand for a "full time" party president is a "conspiracy to finish off Rahul Gandhi's leadership", the Shiv Sena has alleged.

'Act Against Jitin Prasada': New Congress Trouble Over 'Dissent' Letter

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Thursday August 27, 2020

Four days after the Congress called a wrap on its "dissent letter" crisis after a meeting where leaders reaffirmed the Gandhis' leadership, there are signs to the contrary. A Congress unit in Uttar Pradesh has demanded action against all the letter writers, with special mention of former union minister Jitin Prasada.

Rahul Gandhi "Wants Us Thrown In Yamuna": Congress Dissenters

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday August 26, 2020

The "dissent letter" by 23 Congress leaders that was seen to be a challenge to the Gandhi leadership evolved after months of planning and discussions by a core group, one of the signatories to the letter, a veteran Congress leader, told NDTV.

Congress Letter Writers Seek Follow-Through, To Discuss Plan In 2nd Meet

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday August 26, 2020

Two days after a stormy Congress meeting, it has emerged that the signatories to a letter that called for sweeping reforms, fair internal elections and a "full-time, visible leadership" will meet to discuss the fallout of their controversial move.

"If We've Hurt Sonia Gandhi's Feelings, We Are Sorry": Congress's Veerappa Moily On Letter

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 25, 2020

"If we have hurt her (Sonia Gandhi's) feelings, we are sorry for it," M Veerappa Moily, one of the 23 senior Congress leaders who sought urgent organisational reforms, said on Tuesday, asserting they never questioned her leadership.

"Their Internal Matter": BJP's Jyotiraditya Scindia On Congress Leaders' Letter To Sonia Gandhi

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday August 25, 2020

BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia today refused to comment on the current leadership churn in his former party - the Congress.

BJP Leaders Say Dissenters "More Committed To Congress Than Rahul Gandhi"

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday August 24, 2020

The BJP on Monday took aim at Rahul Gandhi over his purported remarks that the letter by over 20 Congress leaders seeking changes in the organisation will help the ruling party, saying he is "obsessed" with the saffron party and that "one''s destruction is near when one stops using his own mind".

"Confident That Issues Will Be Addressed": Dissenters After Congress Meet

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday August 24, 2020

A group of senior Congress leaders who signed the explosive letter that triggered huge controversy, met at the house of Ghulam Nabi Azad today after the seven-hour internal meeting where they were shredded by Gandhi family loyalists.