"Congress Needs Reforms To Show It's No Longer In Inertia": Kapil Sibal

Kapil Sibal hoped the organisational polls, recently postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, will "happen sooner than later".

The Congress must bring widespread reforms across all levels of the organisation to show it is no longer in a state of inertia and to present itself as a viable political alternative to the BJP, party veteran Kapil Sibal said on Sunday. Mr Sibal, who was among the G-23 leaders whose letter to Congress President Sonia Gandhi last year demanding a meaningful overhaul of the party had triggered a storm, hoped the organisational polls, recently postponed in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, will "happen sooner than later". In an exclusive interview to PTI, the former union minister acknowledged that at present there is no strong political alternative to the BJP but said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has lost the moral authority to rule and the Congress can present an alternative due to the current mood in the country. He also noted that while forming committees to review election losses is good, it will have no impact unless remedies suggested are implemented.