Congress reach-out to G-23: Sonia Gandhi meets Ghulam Nabi Azad at 10, Janpath

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad arrived at 10, Janpath on Friday to meet party president Sonia Gandhi as the party high command reaches out to the dissenting G-23 faction.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad arrived at 10, Janpath on Friday to meet party president Sonia Gandhi amid talks of rapprochement between the dissenting Group of 23 (G-23) faction and party high command.

Earlier this week, Sonia Gandhi reportedly spoke twice on the phone to Ghulam Nabi Azad, even as the G-23 held back-to-back meetings to discuss an overhaul of the party organisation after the recent poll debacle in five states.

The meeting is being seen as an attempt by the Gandhi family to reach out to the G-23 leaders like Azad, who have been increasingly outspoken on the leadership issue in the Congress.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad reaches 10, Janpath to meet party president Sonia Gandhi. pic.twitter.com/rtW7EyTekN

Following a series of meetings this week, Azad and veteran Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda (another member of the G-23), to have discussed "concrete proposals" for "collective leadership" to strengthen the party.