New Delhi: The leaders of the G-23 (Group of 23) on Thursday condemned protests outside the house of Kapil Sibal after the former UNI Minister raised questions about party functions.
Leaders, who last year wrote a letter to Sonia Gandhi who was looking for the total reshuffle of the organization and the leadership of the Congress were seen, called the attack “set” hooliganism “.
They asked the Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi to take strong actions against those involved in the incident.
“He (Sibal) is a member of the faithful congress who struggles for parties both inside and outside parliament.
Every advice from a quarter must be welcomed instead of pressing, the hooliganism is not acceptable,” Tweeted Azad, who along with Sibal is part of ’23 ‘Last year he wrote to Gandhi who was looking for repairs to party organizations.
By asserting that differences of opinion and perception are integral of democracy, Sharma, also part of the G-23, saying intolerance and violence are aliens for Congress values ​​and culture.
“Surprised and disgusted to hear the news of the attack and hooliganism at the house of Kapil Sibal.
This sad action brings destruction to the party and needs to be strongly condemned,” Sharma said in a series of tweets.
“Urge the President of Congress Sonia Gandhi to take strong awareness and action,” he said in a tweet.
Taking to Twitter, MP Congress from Punjab, Manish Tewari, explicitly condemned what he said was “the hooliganism set” at Sibal’s residence last night.
“Those who masterposed the attack had to remember that he struggled to @inincindia both inside and outside the court.
You might find his views uncomfortable but it can’t be a license for violence,” Tewari said, which is also part of.
G23 group.
In another tweet, he said, “Those who tried to defend the ‘command performance’ last night.
This is what happened @ Kapilsibal’s house ‘they damaged the car.
Standing above, so it gave up on good tomatoes outside and in the house’.
If this is not Hooliganism then what else is “.
Responding to Tewari Tweet, Tharoor, another leader of the G23 group, tweeted, “it was embarrassing.
We all know @kapilsibal as a member of the True Congress who has struggled several cases in court for @incindia.” “As a Democratic Party we need to listen to what he says, disagree if you have to but not in this way.
Our priority is to strengthen ourselves to take BJP!” Tharoor said.
Also responding to Tewari Tweet, Congress leader Vivek Tankha Tweeted, “Do not go to someone who has fought and saved so many governments and opposition and government people.” “People may disagree with him.
Even protest.
But it doesn’t damage the car.
At least in my life I have never pushed or promoted a hooliganism,” Tankha said.
The former Head of the Punjab Minister Amarinder Singh also criticized what he said was “attack” at the House of Sibal by Congress workers only because he “chose to express an unpleasant view of party leadership”.
It’s not augur well for a party, Singh was quoted as saying by his media advisor Raveen Thukul.
The hour after Kapil Sibal raised a question about the function of Congress, he was attacked from a few quarters with some party workers also protested outside his home.
Sibal wondered who in the party made a decision with the absence of a full-time President and had demanded a direct meeting of the Congress Work Committee (CWC).
Sibal said at a press conference that G-23 grouping was “not Jee Huzur 23” and will continue to apply for a view and will continue to repeat the demands.
Bringing ‘soon recovered Kapil Sibal’ Placards and collected slogans against Sibal workers, Delhi Pradesh Congress (DPCC) workers had protested outside the lives of Jor Bagh, said they were “injured” by his remarks.
Protesters caused a slogan against Sibal, asked him to “leave a party”.
A protester also stood in his car.