Kapil Sibal: The Congress Party Needs Leadership "24×7"; as it is at its "historic low".

The Indian National Congress' senior Leader Kapil Sibal on Thursday said that The Congress party needs “leadership [that is] 24x7” at a time when it is at a “historic low”; in his first interview since he and 22 other leaders signed a controversial letter seeking sweeping reforms within the party.

Four of the 23 leaders — Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mukul Wasnik, Anand Sharma and Jitin Prasada — are members of the CWC. Other senior leaders who have signed the letter include Sibal, Shashi Tharoor, Manish Tiwari, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, and Prithviraj Chavan.

The letter sent to interim party president Sonia Gandhi on August 7 called for a “visible”, “effective” and “full-time” leader; elections at all levels in the party; and establishing an institutional leadership model to collectively guide the party, among other steps.

“If people have access to the letter, they will know it is not an attempt to belittle anyone, including the Gandhi family. In fact, we have appreciated the services rendered by the leadership thus far,” Sibal told in an interview.

In an interview to ANI on Thursday, Ghulam Nabi Azad stressed on electing, rather than appointing, the next Congress president.

Asked what his position will be going forward, Sibal said: “We are soldiers of the party and some of us are seasoned enough to know what needs to be done. We hope that we will be heard.”

Indications by the senior leaders of the Congress Party was focused more on having a leader who can look upto the problems of the party 24×7; for which Mrs. Sonia Gandhi or anyone from the Gandhi Family is incapable of doing.