Rahul Gandhi reaches out to G-23, discusses revamping Congress

After Gandhi-Hooda talk, rebel group leaders Sibal, Azad meet 2nd time in 2 days

A day after the Group of 23 pitched for an “inclusive and collective leadership” in the Congress, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, one of its members, Thursday met Rahul Gandhi and the two leaders were learnt to have discussed a revamp of the party organisation, a key demand of the dissenters.

The meeting is being seen as an attempt by the Gandhi family to reach out to the G-23, which has shown signs of increasing aggression on the leadership issue after Congress’ abject loss in the assembly elections in five states.

During the meeting that lasted around an hour-and-a-half, the they deliberated on the