Congress cannot revive by having A group or B group: Anand Sharma

India

oi-Deepika S

New
Delhi,
Aug
24:
Senior
Congress
leader
Anand
Sharma,
who
quit
from
chairmanship
of
the
party’s
steering
committee,
said
the
party
needs
an
inclusive
and
collective
thinking
to
revive.
The
Congress
leader
stressed
that
the
party
cannot
be
revived
by
having
an
‘A’ group
or
‘B’
group,
instead,
they
should
work
collectively.

“If
we
bring
about
some
internal
changes,
renewal
and
revival
of
Congress
will
be
done.
Congress
cannot
revive
by
having
A
group
or
B
group,
Congress
collectively
has
to
revive,”
said
Anand
Sharma
on
his
resignation
from
the
chairman
of
Steering
Committee
for
Himachal
polls.

Sharma
said
that
the
Nehru-Gandhi
family
is
important
and
remains
integral
to
the
collective
leadership
of
the
party
but
“Congress
does
require
inclusive
and
collective
thinking
and
approach.”

“We
elected
Rahul
Gandhi
as
Congress
president
in
2018,
but
it
was
he
who
resigned,
we
did
not
ask
him
to
resign.
It
is
important
that
the
Nehru-Gandhi
family
remains
integral.
Congress
does
require
inclusive
and
collective
thinking
and
approach,”
Anand
Sharma
stressed.

Congress
leader
Jaiveer
Shergill
resigns
as
National
spokesperson

“I
will
campaign
for
the
Congress
party
wherever
it
is
required.
Congress
needs
to
come
out
of
factionalism
and
stay
united.
We
are
all
Congressmen.
What
is
important
is
that
the
Congress
party
stays
strong,”
he
further
added.

Sharma
on
Sunday
resigned
from
the
chairmanship
of
the
party’s
steering
committee
for
the
state,
saying
he
was
left
with
no
choice
after
the
“continuing
exclusion
and
insults”.

Sharma,
in
a
letter
to
Congress
president
Sonia
Gandhi,
is
learnt
to
have
said
he
was
not
consulted
on
the
planning
for
the
assembly
elections
and
cited
several
examples
where
he
was
not
invited
for
discussions.

The
resignation
is
seen
as
a
setback
to
the
Congress’ efforts
to
placate
dissenters
after
another
leader
of
the
G23
grouping
Ghulam
Nabi
Azad
quit
as
chairman
of
the
campaign
committee
in
Jammu
and
Kashmir
a
few
days
ago.