Kapil Sibal lashes out at Congress for targetting Jitin Prasada as UP unit seeks action

Siding with Rahul Gandhi's peer Jitin Prasa, senior Congress leer Kapil Sibal, reprimanded party for targetting Prasa by an Uttar Presh party unit. Taking to Twitter, Sibal said that party should 'target BJP with surgical strikes inste of wasting its energy by targeting its own', to which Manish Tiwari tweeted 'prescient'. Sibal, Prasa and Tewari are one of 23 leers who h signed a letter, seeking 'structural revamp of Congress', hinting at a n-Gandhi Congress president.

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Earlier on Wednesday, UP Congress' Lakhimpur unit passed a resolution seeking strict action against all 23 signatories- singling out Prasa by name. resolution claims that Prasa is only UP letter who signed letter and alleged that Prasa and his family have been against Gandhis - recalling how Jitendra Prasa (Jitin's far) h challenged Sonia Gandhi's election as party chief in 1999. resolution ds that inspite of this, his son was given a Lok Sabha ticket and me a minister in UPA regime.

In response, reports state that Congress has deunced resolution as it did t have  onia Gandhi or UP General secretary - Priyanka Gandhi Vra's signature. Prasa's far h unsuccessfully bid for party chief in 199 against Sonia Gandhi; he died two years later. Meanwhile, his son - Jitin was Shahajanpur Lok Sabha MP in 2004 and held ministerial posts like - MoS Steel, MoS Ro Transport and Highways, and MoS HRD in UPA- 1 & 2.

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Quashing all internal dissent, Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday, retained Sonia Gandhi as party chief till elections are called for in next AICC meeting. Moreover, it passed a resolution strengning Gandhis' leership and t allowing anyone to undermine party or Gandhis (Rahul and Sonia). When asked if action will be taken on 23 dissenters, CWC said that Sonia Gandhi was hurt, but did t hold any grudges against m.

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23 senior leers sought 'structural changes', internal election to CWC even at state levels, formation of an Independent Election Authority, and institutional leership mechanism, full-time leership at helm at party.   23 signatories include Ghulam Nabi Az, Anand Sharma, Kapil Sibal, Manish Tewari, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Rajender Kaur Bhattal, M. Veerappa Moily, Prithviraj Chavan, P.J. Kurian, Ajay Singh, Renuka Chaudhary, and Milind Deora -  belonging from Congress' 'old guard ' and 'young guard' (i.e Rahul Gandhi supporters). Apart from se signatories, over 300 Congress workers support it.