Senior Congress Leader Kapil Sibal | Photo credit: PTI
Key points
- Kapil Sibal has been dissenting against the operation of Congress demanding changes within the party
- He said his feelings were hurt like millions of congressional supporters after his dismal performance in Bihar.
New Delhi: Congress leader Kapil Sibal reiterated on Friday that the party is not an effective opposition at this time to the BJP and that change will not happen in the country unless Congress goes to the people and tells them what the match. He also emphasized that he is not against Rahul Gandhi or his family, but against the operation of the great party.
In an interview with India Today, Kapil Sibal said he supports their comments that Congress is not an effective opposition to the BJP at this time. “How can you be an effective opposition when not even have a full-time president for 18 months when not even have a conversation in the party about why we’re losing? I’m not rebelling against Gandhi”. family, “he said.
When asked about Rahul Gandhi’s leadership and influence within the party, Sibal admitted that people admire Wayanad’s deputy, but it is not about individuals. It is about saving the country from “political and economic oligarchs,” he said.
The congressional leader said he would continue to ask questions until a conversation begins about the party’s operation and the performance in the polls.
Speaking about the performances surveys Congress in recent times, he said: “Today, workers of Congress can not leave their homes The question they face is:. What has happened to the party I’m talking about feelings? of millions of workers in Congress. “
“I am not challenging anyone. We know that change will not happen tomorrow. We lost 2014. We lost 2019. Change will not happen because of [internal] elections. We have to go to the people … and tell them what the ideology of Congress is, “added the dissident congressional leader.
Sibal’s interview came days after he caused a political storm following the poor performance of Congress in the recent Bihar Assembly elections. He criticized the party, saying that its recent election performance suggests that people do not consider it an “effective alternative.”
