‘He has hurt sentiments of party workers’: Ashok Gehlot hits out at Kapil Sibal | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Congress chief and Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday slammed Kapil Sibal and stated there was no want for the senior party chief to debate inside party points within the media.
“Kapil Sibal’s move has hurt the sentiments of party workers across the country,” Gehlot stated in a sequence of tweets and claimed “Even today, Congress is the only party which can keep this nation united and take it forward on the path of comprehensive development.”
“Congress has seen various crises including 1969, 1977, 1989 and later in the 1996 – but every time we came out stronger due to our ideology, programmes, policies and firm belief in party leadership,” the Rajasthan CM claimed.
Stating that the Congress has improved with every disaster and likewise shaped UPA authorities in 2004 beneath the in a position management of Soniaji, Gehlot stated “we shall overcome this time too.”
“There are various reasons for Electoral loses. But each time rank and file of the Congress party has shown undivided and firm belief in the party leadership and that is why we came out of it stronger and united after every crises,” he stated.
Gehlot was reacting to remarks made by Sibal who as soon as once more questioned the functioning of the party management.
Sibal was one of the 23 leaders who wrote a letter in search of sweeping reforms within the party.
Contending that he was “compelled to speak publicly” as there may be “no forum in the party to discuss party issues”, he stated that the Congress wants environment friendly and senior leaders to handle elections.
His statements coming in wake of the party’s dismal efficiency within the Bihar meeting polls in addition to the string of bypolls in varied states are considered as an obvious assault on staff Rahul Gandhi whose handpicked staff was concerned within the election course of.
He additionally expressed unhappiness that no senior party chief had spoken on the Bihar outcomes.
