New Delhi: Sharply reacting to former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal’s observation that the party has not introspected for the past six years, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has said there was no need for Sibal to mention the internal issue of the party in the media.
He also claimed that the move has hurt the sentiments of party workers across the country.
“There was no need for Mr Kapil Sibal to mentioned our internal issue in Media, this has hurt the sentiments of party workers across the country,” Gehlot tweeted.
Gehlot pointed out that the party faced various crises in 1969, 1977, 1989 and later in the 1996, but emerged stronger because of “our ideology, programs, policies and firm belief in party leadership.”
Pointing out that party improved with every such crisis, he expressed confidence that the Congress will overcome the present crisis as well.
Days after Congress’ defeat in Bihar, senior leader Kapil Sibal had said people no longer saw the Congress as an ‘effective alternative’.
Sibal was among the 23 Congress leaders who in August wrote a letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi, demanding sweeping changes in the party.
The former Union Minister, was quoted as saying by The Indian Express: “Instead of listening to us, they turned their back on us. The results are for all to see.”
“People of the country, not just in Bihar but wherever by-elections were held, obviously don’t consider the Congress to be an effective alternative,” Sibal said.