After Shashi Tharoor, a second G-23 leader could be part of the race for the Congress top post -- as the "official" candidate", sources have indicated. Mukul Wasnik, one of the signatories of the explosive letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi in 2020, had, however, distanced himself the group. Not only did he maintain the position of the party General Secretary throughout the controversy, this year, he was even rewarded with a Rajya Sabha seat.