G-23 Member Bhupinder Hooda Meets Rahul Gandhi a Day After Congress Rebels Meet

The G-23 meeting, which included several newcomers, had called for "collective, inclusive leadership" in the party.

A day after the meeting of G-23 members of the Congress Party following the party's debacle in the recently-concluded Assembly elections, former Haryana Chief Minister and G-23 member Bhupinder Singh Hooda met Rahul Gandhi on Thursday, 17 March.

Hooda is the first leader among the G-23 to meet Gandhi after the meeting on Wednesday, that was conducted to discuss the flaws in the Congress' organisational structure and lack of leadership from the top brass.

The meet is being viewed as an outreach by the Gandhi family towards dissenters in the party.

After his meeting with Gandhi, Hooda and Congress leader Anand Sharma are said to have met Ghulam Nabi Azad at his residence, news agency ANI reported.