Anand Sharma slams hooliganism outside Sibals house urges Sonia Gandhi to take action
New Delhi Sep 30 PTI Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday expressed disgust over party workers protest outside Kapil Sibals house after he raised questions over the functioning of the Congress and asked AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to take strong action against those involvedAsserting that differences of opinion and perception are integral to a democracy Sharma who along with Sibal is part of the Group of 23 which last year had written to Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul of the party said intolerance and violence is alien to the Congress values and cultureShocked and disgusted to hear the news of attack and hooliganism at Kapil Sibals house This deplorable action brings disrepute to the party and needs to be strongly condemned Sharma said in a series of tweetsHe asserted that the Congress has a history of upholding freedom of expressionThose responsible must be identified and disciplined Sharma saidUrging Congress president Smt Sonia Gandhi to take cognisance and strong action he said in a tweetHours after he raised questions over the functioning of the Congress Sibal on Wednesday came under attack from several quarters with party workers also protesting outside his house hereIn the wake of several Congress leaders quitting the party and its Punjab unit in turmoil Sibal has demanded that an immediate meeting of the Congress Working Committee CWC be convened and wondered who in the party was taking decisions in the absence of a full-time presidentSibal said at a press conference that the G-23 grouping is not a Jee Huzur 23 and will continue to put forth the views and will continue to repeat the demandsCarrying Get Well Soon Kapil Sibal placards and raising slogans against Sibal Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee DPCC workers had protested outside his Jor Bagh residence saying they were hurt by his remarksThe protesters raised slogans against Sibal asking him to leave the party PTI ASK DV DV
New Delhi Sep 30 PTI Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Thursday expressed disgust over party workers protest outside Kapil Sibals house after he raised questions over the functioning of the Congress and asked AICC chief Sonia Gandhi to take strong action against those involvedAsserting that differences of opinion and perception are integral to a democracy Sharma who along with Sibal is part of the Group of 23 which last year had written to Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul of the party said intolerance and violence is alien to the Congress values and cultureShocked and disgusted to hear the news of attack and hooliganism at Kapil Sibals house This deplorable action brings disrepute to the party and needs to be strongly condemned Sharma said in a series of tweetsHe asserted that the Congress has a history of upholding freedom of expressionThose responsible must be identified and disciplined Sharma saidUrging Congress president Smt Sonia Gandhi to take cognisance and strong action he said in a tweetHours after he raised questions over the functioning of the Congress Sibal on Wednesday came under attack from several quarters with party workers also protesting outside his house hereIn the wake of several Congress leaders quitting the party and its Punjab unit in turmoil Sibal has demanded that an immediate meeting of the Congress Working Committee CWC be convened and wondered who in the party was taking decisions in the absence of a full-time presidentSibal said at a press conference that the G-23 grouping is not a Jee Huzur 23 and will continue to put forth the views and will continue to repeat the demandsCarrying Get Well Soon Kapil Sibal placards and raising slogans against Sibal Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee DPCC workers had protested outside his Jor Bagh residence saying they were hurt by his remarksThe protesters raised slogans against Sibal asking him to leave the party PTI ASK DV DV
