Moily says Jitin Prasada incompetent & Congress needs surgery; Sibal 'will never join BJP'

A day after Jitin Prasa switched to BJP, senior Congress leer M Veerappa Moily on Thursday said party needs to undergo a "major surgery" and not depend just on 'legacy'. He asserted that top leership should give primacy to ideological commitment while giving responsibility to leers.

Alleging that Prasa h placed "personal ambition" over everything else, Moily said UP leer's ideological commitment was suspicious from beginning and party winning zero seats in West Bengal under his charge showed his incompetence.

“ Congress has to rethink and re-strategise some of se things and n only party can come up, former Union minister said. Properly reorganise party with proper people in positions and not put incompetent people (in positions of responsibility) who cannot deliver. This is a lesson, Congress needs to make an introspection in face of developments," Moily said, making suggestions for party's high command.

Congress leer ded that party leership should not just hinge upon legacy, but re-just and prepare itself for competitive politics played by (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi. “It is not that Modi is undefeatable, he can be defeated by putting our party back on track. Major surgery is needed right now, re is no tomorrow," Moily asserted.

'Will never join BJP,' says Kapil Sibal

Meanwhile, senior leer Kapil Sibal also mitted that Congress is facing structural problems but ruled out possibility of quitting party to join BJP as Prasa did. When asked wher Congress leers are losing faith in party, Sibal said, “I am sure leership knows what problems are and I hope y listen because nothing survives without listening. If you don't listen, you will fall into b days.”

Sibal however ded that even if he were to leave Congress in future, he won’t join BJP. “We're true Congressmen, never in my life will I think of joining BJP, like over my de body. It could be that if Congress leership informs me to leave, I may think of leaving party on that basis but won't join BJP,” he told ANI.

It may be noted that both Veerappa Moily and Kapil Sibal were among group of 23 leers along with Jitin Prasa who h written to interim President Sonia Gandhi in August last year urging an organisational overhaul of party.