Congress letter row: Unfortunate that Jitin Prasada being targeted, says Kapil Sibal

Congress veteran Kabil Sibal has expressed his displeasure for targetting Jatin Prasada for demanding active and full-time leadership in the party. Sibal said that Congress should should target BJP rather than wasting its energy by targeting its own.

New Delhi: Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who was among those who wrote a letter to party chief Sonia Gandhi seeking organisational overhaul, on Thursday alleged that party leader Jitin Prasada is being targeted in Uttar Pradesh and termed it as 'unfortunate'.

Prasada, a former union minister, was among the signatories to the letter that sought an active and full-time party president. Prasad is also a special invitee to the CWC. "Unfortunate that Jitin Prasada is being officially targeted in UP. Congress needs to target the BJP with surgical strikes instead of wasting its energy by targeting its own," Sibal said on Twitter.

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  Congress needs to target the BJP with surgical strikes instead wasting its energy by targeting its own

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  Unfortunate that Jitin Prasada is being officially targeted in UP
  
  Congress needs to target the BJP with surgical strikes instead wasting its energy by targeting its own

  — Kapil Sibal (@KapilSibal) August 27, 2020

Reacting to it, another Congress leader, Manish Tewari who was also a signatory to the letter, posted a single word 'Prescient' on Twitter. The Lakhimpur Kheri District Congress reportedly passed a resolution demanding action against Prasada, a leader from Uttar Pradesh, and has accused his family of being against the Gandhi family.

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Jitender Prasad, the father of Jitin Prasada, had also unsuccessfully contested for the post of Congress president against Sonia Gandhi in the past, the DCC reportedly said. The charge comes three days after the Congress Working Committee urged Sonia Gandhi to continue as party president and bring about organisational changes. The CWC was convened to discuss the leadership issue and the letter written by over 20 leaders on the issue.

PTI