Congress desperately needs reforms,leadership had to listen- Sibal

Senior Congress leader and former union minister Kapil Sibal has said the Congress desperately needs reforms and the party leadership had to listen. He also disapproved of what he dubbed "Prasada Ram politics based on personal gain" rather than ideology. In New Delhi he was reacting to the Jiti Prasad exit. Sibal said, "  We have reached a stage in Indian politics where decisions of this nature are not based on ideology at all. They are based on what I now call 'Prasada Ram politics."

"Even if issues are addressed, if a person thinks I am not getting anything, he will leave. Jitin may have good reasons to leave. I don't blame him for leaving the party. I blame him for the reasons he joined the BJP. With what face can he say that now I am embracing an ideology I was opposed to for three decades? And this party that talks about principled politics, with what face do they take Jitin? People are losing faith in this kind of politics."he said. 

 Sibal said: "Issues were not addressed, that is true. They must be addressed as quickly as possible. We will continue to raise those issues. If the party for some reason tells me we don't need you, I will leave it. I am not in it for myself, but I will never in my life over my dead body join the BJP who I have opposed since my birth as a politician. That's my issue with Jitin Prasada." He further said that the Congress must become the grand old party that it was. For that we need reforms. We are fighting within the system we have continued to raise issues. If the head stops listening, the organization will decline. All that we want is that the Congress party should listen to us.