Congress revival plan: G23 leaders step up pressure on Gandhi family

Party, they say, must rest its faith in the collective leadership - in a more representative CWC

As Congress leaders Manish Tewari and Anand Sharma met President Sonia Gandhi, the ginger group - or the so-called G23 – kept up pressure on the Gandhi family and, without spelling it out, said it was impossible to accept Rahul Gandhi as éminence grise in the party.

“Appoint a new Congress working committee (CWC) with exactly 24 members, form the parliamentary board from among those 24 members which should be empowered, and also hold a new election committee which should ‘look’ like an elected committee,” said a G23 member, who added this is what all leaders of its group meeting the