Congress G-23

Shashi Tharoor, who squares off with Mallikarjun Kharge in the October 17 Congress president election, revealed today that Sonia Gandhi told him "you are most welcome to contest" and assured him there would be no "official candidate".

Shashi Tharoor,the first leader to announce his candidature for the Congress president election, speaks to NDTV ahead of filing nominations for the October 17 contest.

The October 17 election took a chaotic turn after Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's loyalists staged an open rebellion against the possibility of Sachin Pilot replacing him if Mr Gehlot, backed by the Gandhis, was made elected President.

Congress MP Manish Tewari may become the second member of the party's "G-23" group of dissenters to join the increasingly chaotic contest for Congress chief after Shashi Tharoor, sources have hinted.

With the process of the Congress president election gathering pace ahead of the last day of filing nominations, some G-23 leaders held a meeting on Thursday evening at the residence of Anand Sharma.

Mukul Wasnik, longtime Congressman and a staunch loyalist of the Gandhi family, is emerging as an unlikely "official" candidate in the race for the party's top post, sources have said.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today collected the form to run for the post of party president, making him the first leader to officially enter the contest.A prominent member of the Congress's G-23 or group of 23 leaders,Mr Tharoor was the f

With internal polls, demands of 23 dissenting leaders met, says Prithviraj Chavan; insists chief be fulltime, opposing Ashok Gehlot's two-post idea

Today, the Congress is in shambles, it is losing elections one after another, its major opponent, the BJP, has acquired disproportionate power at the centre and also in the states.

Congress MP and G-23 leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday raised objections to the party not making public the names of electors for the party president poll, and said it must be published on the AICC website to ensure transparency.

The Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday claimed that the grouping of the G-23 "never existed" in the party and blamed the media for "perpetuating this mythology.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda.

As the Congress reels under resignations of senior leaders, party MP Manish Tewari has said that "self-introspection" is needed and that a "crack" seems to have appeared between India and Congress.

Mr Dikshit, a former party MP, was part of the G-23 leaders who had written to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 for an organisational overhaul and reforms, saying it was a "banner of reform and not a banner of revolt".

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress veteran and part of the G-23 dissident group, today quit the party calling out Rahul Gandhi for "immaturity" and for "demolishing the consultative mechanism" in the party.

Shashi Tharoor, who squares off with Mallikarjun Kharge in the October 17 Congress president election, revealed today that Sonia Gandhi told him "you are most welcome to contest" and assured him there would be no "official candidate".

Shashi Tharoor,the first leader to announce his candidature for the Congress president election, speaks to NDTV ahead of filing nominations for the October 17 contest.

The October 17 election took a chaotic turn after Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's loyalists staged an open rebellion against the possibility of Sachin Pilot replacing him if Mr Gehlot, backed by the Gandhis, was made elected President.

Congress MP Manish Tewari may become the second member of the party's "G-23" group of dissenters to join the increasingly chaotic contest for Congress chief after Shashi Tharoor, sources have hinted.

With the process of the Congress president election gathering pace ahead of the last day of filing nominations, some G-23 leaders held a meeting on Thursday evening at the residence of Anand Sharma.

Mukul Wasnik, longtime Congressman and a staunch loyalist of the Gandhi family, is emerging as an unlikely "official" candidate in the race for the party's top post, sources have said.

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor today collected the form to run for the post of party president, making him the first leader to officially enter the contest.A prominent member of the Congress's G-23 or group of 23 leaders,Mr Tharoor was the f

With internal polls, demands of 23 dissenting leaders met, says Prithviraj Chavan; insists chief be fulltime, opposing Ashok Gehlot's two-post idea

Today, the Congress is in shambles, it is losing elections one after another, its major opponent, the BJP, has acquired disproportionate power at the centre and also in the states.

Congress MP and G-23 leader Manish Tewari on Wednesday raised objections to the party not making public the names of electors for the party president poll, and said it must be published on the AICC website to ensure transparency.

The Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday claimed that the grouping of the G-23 "never existed" in the party and blamed the media for "perpetuating this mythology.

Ghulam Nabi Azad, who quit the Congress on Friday, met with three leaders of the party who were part of the "G-23" or group of dissenters - Anand Sharma, Prithviraj Chavan and Bhupinder Hooda.

As the Congress reels under resignations of senior leaders, party MP Manish Tewari has said that "self-introspection" is needed and that a "crack" seems to have appeared between India and Congress.

Mr Dikshit, a former party MP, was part of the G-23 leaders who had written to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 for an organisational overhaul and reforms, saying it was a "banner of reform and not a banner of revolt".

Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress veteran and part of the G-23 dissident group, today quit the party calling out Rahul Gandhi for "immaturity" and for "demolishing the consultative mechanism" in the party.