Azad meets Sonia puts forward suggestions to strengthen Cong organisation
New Delhi Mar 18 PTI G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday and said he conveyed suggestions to strengthen the party a day after members of the dissenting group held a flurry of meetings over measures to revamp the organisationSpeaking to reporters after meeting Sonia Gandhi Azad said it was a good meeting with the Congress president with the discussion centred on how to prepare and fight unitedly the forthcoming assembly polls to take on rival partiesPlaying down the meeting he told reporters that it may be news for you but we keep meeting the Congress president at various intervalsMrs Gandhi keeps having discussions with leaders to strengthen the organisation A few days ago the working committee had met and suggestions were asked as to how to strengthen the Congress party and what were the reasons for the defeat in five assembly polls I had also given my suggestions he saidHowever it is not possible to record and remember all suggestions he added Azad said he reiterated suggestions to strengthen the Congress organisation The meeting comes a day after members of the G-23 held a flurry of meetings over measures to revamp the partyAfter the Group of 23 pitched for an inclusive and collective leadership in the Congress Bhupinder Singh Hooda one of its members met Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and the two leaders were learnt to have discussed a revamp of the party organisation a key demand of the dissenters The meetings are being seen as an attempt by the Gandhi family to reach out to the G-23 which has shown signs of increasing aggression on the leadership issue after Congress abject loss in the assembly elections in five states Earlier on Friday Azad also met veteran Congress leader Karan Singh and said he came to greet Singh on HoliRahul Gandhi a former Congress president had called Hooda for a discussion on the political situation in Haryana However the discussion spilled over to the partys abysmal performance in the electionsSonia Gandhi had earlier reached out to Azad on Wednesday ahead of the G-23 dinner meeting at his residenceThe leaders of the grouping have since held a series of meetings at Azads residenceThe party leadership wants to resolve the differences with the G-23 and is reaching out to its leaders It is learnt to have deputed some senior leaders for parleys with the dissenting group to resolve the differences according to sources PTI ASK ANB ANB
New Delhi Mar 18 PTI G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad met Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday and said he conveyed suggestions to strengthen the party a day after members of the dissenting group held a flurry of meetings over measures to revamp the organisationSpeaking to reporters after meeting Sonia Gandhi Azad said it was a good meeting with the Congress president with the discussion centred on how to prepare and fight unitedly the forthcoming assembly polls to take on rival partiesPlaying down the meeting he told reporters that it may be news for you but we keep meeting the Congress president at various intervalsMrs Gandhi keeps having discussions with leaders to strengthen the organisation A few days ago the working committee had met and suggestions were asked as to how to strengthen the Congress party and what were the reasons for the defeat in five assembly polls I had also given my suggestions he saidHowever it is not possible to record and remember all suggestions he added Azad said he reiterated suggestions to strengthen the Congress organisation The meeting comes a day after members of the G-23 held a flurry of meetings over measures to revamp the partyAfter the Group of 23 pitched for an inclusive and collective leadership in the Congress Bhupinder Singh Hooda one of its members met Rahul Gandhi on Thursday and the two leaders were learnt to have discussed a revamp of the party organisation a key demand of the dissenters The meetings are being seen as an attempt by the Gandhi family to reach out to the G-23 which has shown signs of increasing aggression on the leadership issue after Congress abject loss in the assembly elections in five states Earlier on Friday Azad also met veteran Congress leader Karan Singh and said he came to greet Singh on HoliRahul Gandhi a former Congress president had called Hooda for a discussion on the political situation in Haryana However the discussion spilled over to the partys abysmal performance in the electionsSonia Gandhi had earlier reached out to Azad on Wednesday ahead of the G-23 dinner meeting at his residenceThe leaders of the grouping have since held a series of meetings at Azads residenceThe party leadership wants to resolve the differences with the G-23 and is reaching out to its leaders It is learnt to have deputed some senior leaders for parleys with the dissenting group to resolve the differences according to sources PTI ASK ANB ANB
