NEW DELHI: The Congress dissident bloc G 23 Thursday condemned the protest outside the residence of senior colleague Kapil Sibal, calling it orchestrated and demanding party chief Sonia Gandhi take action against those responsible.
While in a spate of tweets from the letter writers did not mention who was behind the protests that they called orchestrated, the allegation appeared to be pointing at the AICC managers. The protests broke out Wednesday night after Sibal addressed a press conference in which he demanded organisational elections while saying that the party was headless and facing a crisis.
While Sibal refused to react, Ghulam Nabi Azad tweeted, тАЬI strongly condemn the orchestrated hooliganism @KapilSibalтАЩs residence last night. He is a loyal Congressman fighting for the party both inside and outside the Parliament. Any suggestion from any quarter should be welcomed instead of suppressing; hooliganism is unacceptable.тАЭ
Crucially, P Chidambaram who is not part of G23 also slammed the incident. тАЬI feel helpless when we cannot start meaningful conversations within party forums. I also feel hurt and helpless when I see pictures of Congress workers raising slogans outside the residence of a colleague and MP. The safe harbour to which one can withdraw seems to be silence.тАЭ
Deputy leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Anand Sharma, asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to take action. тАЬShocked and disgusted to hear the news of attack and hooliganism at Kapil Sibal’s house. This deplorable action brings disrepute to the party and needs to be strongly condemned. Congress has a history of upholding freedom of expression. differences of opinion and perception are integral to a democracy. Intolerance and violence is alien to Congress values and culture. Those responsible must be identified and disciplined,тАЭ he said.
Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari said, тАЬThose who are trying to defend the тАШcommand performanceтАЩ last night, This is what happened @KapilSibal тАШs house – They damaged the car. Stood on top so it caved in, Threw tomatoes both outside and inside the house. If this is not hooliganism, then what else is it?тАЭ
While in a spate of tweets from the letter writers did not mention who was behind the protests that they called orchestrated, the allegation appeared to be pointing at the AICC managers. The protests broke out Wednesday night after Sibal addressed a press conference in which he demanded organisational elections while saying that the party was headless and facing a crisis.
While Sibal refused to react, Ghulam Nabi Azad tweeted, тАЬI strongly condemn the orchestrated hooliganism @KapilSibalтАЩs residence last night. He is a loyal Congressman fighting for the party both inside and outside the Parliament. Any suggestion from any quarter should be welcomed instead of suppressing; hooliganism is unacceptable.тАЭ
Crucially, P Chidambaram who is not part of G23 also slammed the incident. тАЬI feel helpless when we cannot start meaningful conversations within party forums. I also feel hurt and helpless when I see pictures of Congress workers raising slogans outside the residence of a colleague and MP. The safe harbour to which one can withdraw seems to be silence.тАЭ
Deputy leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha, Anand Sharma, asked Congress president Sonia Gandhi to take action. тАЬShocked and disgusted to hear the news of attack and hooliganism at Kapil Sibal’s house. This deplorable action brings disrepute to the party and needs to be strongly condemned. Congress has a history of upholding freedom of expression. differences of opinion and perception are integral to a democracy. Intolerance and violence is alien to Congress values and culture. Those responsible must be identified and disciplined,тАЭ he said.
Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari said, тАЬThose who are trying to defend the тАШcommand performanceтАЩ last night, This is what happened @KapilSibal тАШs house – They damaged the car. Stood on top so it caved in, Threw tomatoes both outside and inside the house. If this is not hooliganism, then what else is it?тАЭ
