Jab From Anand Sharmas “Congress Culture” After The Attack On The House Of Kapil Sibals.
Punjab Congressional Crisis: “Shocked and Disgusted to Hear News of Attack and Vandalism at Kapil Sibals Home,” Anand Sharma tweeted.
A day after his own party attacked the home of Congress leader Kapil Sibals, protesting his criticism of the Gandhis, his colleague Anand Sharma said he is “shocked and disgusted.”
The attack followed Mr. Sibals’ “G-23, not Ji Huzoor-23” taunting the Gandhis, who face new questions about their decisions amid the mess in the Punjab Congress.
“Shocked and disgusted to hear news of the attack and vandalism at Kapil Sibals’ home. This deplorable action brings discredit to the party and must be strongly condemned,” Anand Sharma tweeted, urging Sonia Gandhi to take strong action.
Congress has a history of defending free speech. differences of opinion and perception are an integral part of a democracy. Intolerance and violence are alien to the values and culture of Congress.
“Congress has a history of defending freedom of expression. Differences of opinion and perception are an integral part of a democracy. Intolerance and violence are alien to the values and culture of Congress. Those responsible must be identified and disciplined “, wrote the ex-minister of the Union, without holding back while hitting the workers of the Congress.
A group of congressional workers raised “Get Well Soon Kapil Sibal” banners last night, threw tomatoes at his house and damaged his car. The Youth Workers Congress also raised slogans of “Leave the party! Get back to yourself!” and “Rahul Gandhi Zindabad!”
The episode highlights the internal turmoil boiling in the party as it struggles with a major crisis in Punjab, just four months before the state elections, following the sudden resignation of its state chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Sidhus’s move has shocked the Gandhis, who had backed him in his dispute against Amarinder Singh, a two-time Punjab chief minister who resigned earlier this month citing repeated humiliation by the party.
Mr. Sibal asked yesterday who was taking calls in Congress. “There is no president-elect in Congress now. Who takes calls? We do not know who is making decisions in the party, “he had said.
He also stated that he would keep asking questions like “We are the G-23, definitely not Ji Huzoor-23”.
Both Sibal and Anand Sharma are in the “G-23” or the group of 23 dissident leaders in Congress who last year wrote an unprecedented letter to Sonia Gandhi calling for a radical change in Congress and “visible and time-based leadership. full”. .
Ghulam Nabi Azad, another signatory to the letter, wrote again yesterday urging Sonia Gandhi to call a meeting of the Congressional Working Committee to decide on a full-time party chairman.
Many congressional leaders publicly attacked Sibal.
Sonia Gandhi has been acting chief since 2019, when her son Rahul Gandhi resigned for the second consecutive defeat in the national congressional elections.
In its downward spiral in recent years, Congress has lost several high-profile leaders to the BJP and other parties. Yesterday Amarinder Singh met with the Union Interior Minister Amit Shah to feed the rumor about his possible change to the BJP.
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