The Congress today asserted it is a united and democratic party, and allows it’s to leaders express their views openly. The party’s assertion came amid a slew of BJP barbs and criticism from former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad that the party should undertake ‘Congress jodo’ before its ‘Bharat Jodo’ march.
Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the party is strong and united. Those who are disgruntled in the Congress, they keep giving statements, he added. He said the Congress is a big family and there are people of different views. Party is a democratic party, people air their views openly -- some write letters, some tweet, some give an interview -- and this shows democracy. He further said efforts are made to assuage concerns of leaders ‘but some people leave despite that, hurling abuses’. ‘I don’t want to say anything about them, I have already spoken about them,’ Jairam Ramesh said in an apparent reference to Azad.
