Congress didn’t utilise Ghulam Nabi Azad’s expertise: Dissenters in Jammu

Congress has weakened significantly within the final decade and energy must be put in to make sure it has a join with a brand new era of leaders, mentioned a few of the ‘Group of 23’ or  ‘G-23 leaders’ of the occasion at an occasion in Jammu on Saturday. Last 12 months, the G-23 dissenters had severely criticised the functioning of the occasion in an open letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi.
At the occasion titled ‘Shanti Sammelan, aimed toward reconnecting with the cadre on the bottom, Congress chief Kapil Sibal mentioned he was saddened by the choice to permit occasion veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad to retire from Parliament and that the Congress might have used his expertise higher.
“He (Azad) is one such leader who knows the ground reality of Congress in every district of every state. We were saddened when we realised that he is being freed from Parliament. We didn’t want him to go from Parliament…I can’t understand why Congress is not using his experience,” he mentioned.
“What is the real role of Ghulam Nabi Azad sahab? A person who flies an aircraft is an experienced person. An engineer accompanies him to detect and repair any malfunctioning in the engine. Ghulam Nabi ji is experienced as well as engineer.”
The Congress chief mentioned he and his colleagues have gathered in Jammu to handle points that the occasion is going through now. “The truth is that we see Congress party getting weak. That is why we have gathered here. We had gathered together earlier too and we have to strengthen the party together,” he mentioned.
Sibal not too long ago distanced himself from Rahul Gandhi’s ‘north-south’ comment, saying, “I’m nobody to comment on what he said. He said it and he can explain in what context he said…We must respect electors in the country and not denigrate their wisdom…”
Apart from Azad and Sibal, Manish Tewari, Anand Sharma, Bhupinder Hooda and Raj Babbar have been additionally current on the event.
Anand Sharma mentioned that for the primary time for the reason that Nineteen Fifties, Jammu and Kashmir doesn’t have a consultant within the Rajya Sabha and will probably be “corrected” quickly.
Echoing Sibal, he mentioned, “Congress has weakened in the last decade. Our voice is for the betterment of the party. It should be strengthened everywhere once again. New generation should connect (to party). We’ve seen good days of Congress. We don’t want to see it weakening as we become older. We will save the Congress.”

Congress has weakened within the final decade. Our voice is for the betterment of the occasion. It must be strengthened in all places as soon as once more. New era ought to join (to occasion). We’ve seen good days of Congress. We don’t wish to see it weakening as we turn out to be older: Anand Sharma pic.twitter.com/crqX5eEzK4
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https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsHe continued, “I have not given anyone the right to tell me if we are people of Congress or not. Nobody has that right. We will build the party. We will strengthen it. We believe in the strength and unity of Congress.”
He added, “All of us have covered a very long distance to reach where we are today. Nobody among us has come through the window, all of us have walked through the door. We have come through the students’ movement and the youth movement.”
Meanwhile, Raj Babbar turned across the G-23 nomenclature and mentioned, “People say we are a part of G-23. For me, it’s Gandhi 23. With the belief, resolve and thinking of Mahatma Gandhi, this nation’s law and Constitution was formed. Congress is standing strongly to take these forward. G-23 want Congress to be strong.”