Congress must 'target the BJP with surgical strikes', not its own: Sibal

Former union minister Jitin Prasada called a 'traitor' by party colleague in UP district

At a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) held last week, party president Sonia Gandhi said that while she was hurt at a letter written by 23 senior leaders charging leadership ‘drift,’ no action would be taken against them. However, some of the dissenters have dismissed this statement as humbug and said the retaliation had already begun.

“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,” senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal tweeted. The post came after the district Congress president in Prasada’s