Why change goalpost, Khurshid asks G-23

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 3

Disquiet is growing in the Congress over the public stances taken by G-23 led by veteran Ghulam Nabi Azad with former minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday asking why the letter writers were changing the goalpost and asking if it was fair to kick the very ladder one had used to climb up in life.

“We thought the G-23 made their point and were informed that party elections will be held when appropriate, something they agreed to in their interaction with the Congress president and later at the CWC. But are they changing the goalpost once again with the public display of disquiet or reservations in Jammu and, as we are being told, very soon in Haryana,” asked Khurshid, adding that even the unrewarded, unknown Congress worker cared about democracy.

“Just as the names of national martyrs are engraved on India Gate, there are records in the Congress office where innumerable names are embossed as part of our history. For most of us, that is enough recognition,” observed the former Law Minister, days after Anand Sharma and Kapil Sibal said the party was weakening.

Khurshid also said the growing dark footprint of communal forces had pushed the Congress into forced errors where it shied away from speaking about minorities.