Senior Congress leaders condemn get together ‘hooliganism’ at Kapil Sibal’s home

The relation between the Congress management and the get together’s group of change seekers turned extra bitter after a bunch of Congress and youth Congress staff staged an indication exterior Kapil Sibal‘s residence and broken his automobile on Wednesday after he referred to as for course correction within the get together.

Several different change seekers termed the incident “command performance”, “hooliganism“, “violation of the Congress culture”, an try to “suppress” expression of opinion and demanded that interim get together chief Sonia Gandhi take motion in opposition to the responsible. They additionally mentioned it was Sibal who legally defended the Congress, get together’s governments and leaders in lots of instances. Incidentally, Sibal led the authorized staff that secured bail for the Gandhis within the National Herald case. The AICC remained silent on the incident.

Senior-most CWC member Ghulam Nabi Azad mentioned: “I strongly condemn the orchestrated hooliganism @KapilSibal’s residence last night. He is a loyal Congressman fighting for the party both inside and outside Parliament. Any suggestion from any quarter should be welcomed instead of suppressing. Hooliganism is unacceptable.”

Seeking Gandhi’s intervention, Congress chief Anand Sharma mentioned: “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 are alien to Congress values and culture. Those responsible must be identified and disciplined.” He urged Gandhi to “take strong action.”

Manish Tewari mentioned: “Those who masterminded the assault must bear in mind that he fights for @INCIndia both inside and outside courts of law. You may find his views uncomfortable but that cannot be a license for violence.” Terming the vandalism a “command performance”, Tewari mentioned, “they damaged the car, stood on top, so it caved in; threw tomatoes both outside and inside the house”.

Shashi Tharoor mentioned it was shameful. “We all know @Kapil Sibal as a true Congressman who has fought multiple cases in court for @INCIndia… We need to listen to what he has to say, disagree if you must, but not in this way…” Vivek Tankha added: “Never to a person who has fought and saved so many Congress governments and persons and unmade opposition governments…” Raj Babbar mentioned: “Don’t unleash mob power on ideological co-travellers. You will look more pitiful in front of ideological rivals.”

Bhupinder Hooda tweeted: “Orchestrated hooliganism outside @KapilSibal’s residence last night is not the culture of Congress.”

Senior Congress chief P Chidambaram, who will not be a part of the group of change seekers, mentioned: “I 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.”

Karti Chidambaram retweeted the associated tweets of Sharma, Tewari and Tharoor. After his in-house rival TS Singh Deo criticised Sibal’s feedback, Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel too criticised Sibal. However, his MLAs are tenting in Delhi warning Gandhis in opposition to any Punjab-like experiment within the state.