Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said the party will continue to “sit in the Opposition for the next 50 years” if elections to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) and key organisational posts of state chiefs do not take place.
Azad, who was one of the signatories to the letter sent to party chief Sonia Gandhi asking her for “sweeping changes” in Congress, said, “For the last many decades, we do not have elected bodies in the party. Maybe we should have pushed for it 10-15 yrs ago. Now we are losing elections after elections, and if we have to come back we need to strengthen our party by holding elections.”
“If my party wants to be in opposition for the next 50 years, then there is no need for elections within the party,” he told news agency ANI.
A party veteran from Sanjay Gandhi days, Azad is the leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha and his term ends in February 2021. He also led the party successfully in the 2002 Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.ANI.
