Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal spoke about the Congress Working Committee meeting and revealed that the words like traitors were used in the meeting.
Speaking to the Indian express, Sibal said that none of the concerns of the letter and the leaders were raised or addressed in the meeting. He also accused leaders of not stepping up when the letter was attacked. He also called for a de jure and a de facto president as soon as possible for the Congress party. He said,
“What do we want? We want adherence to our (party’s) constitution. Who can object to that? Politics in this country, I don’t talk of any particular party, is based now primarily on loyalty. We need what is called loyalty plus. What is that plus? That plus is merit, inclusiveness, commitment to the cause and that plus is about being able to listen and to have a dialogue. This is what politics should be.”
Congress Working Committee Meeting
23 senior leaders of the Congress party wrote a letter to the interim chief of the party seeking a full time and effective leadership that is visible and active on the field. The letter also demanded an election in the Congress Working Committee. It also urged the party to establish an institutional leadership mechanism that will collectively guide the revival of the party. Kapil further said,
“That is the fundamental thing that should have happened. This is what these 23 people have written. If you find fault with any of what we have written, then, surely we can be questioned and we should be questioned. But if you don’t talk of substance and talk of either timing or the fact that we wrote, that itself is an example of distancing yourself from the cause. And that has what has happened. Not one request of ours, the concern of ours, reflected in the letter has been sought to be addressed in that meeting. Not one. Yet we are called dissenters.”
Source: Indian Express
