Rahul Tells Haryana Cong To Work Together, Rivals Fight Over Leadership: Reports

Hooda camp is said to have pitched a leadership change.

During a key meeting of the Congress party in Haryana, rivalries between different factions are being reported to have come to the fore even as former party president Rahul Gandhi called for the party to fight as one, accept "collective responsibility", and get behind a "collective leadership".

While news agency PTI reported that the three-hour meeting saw leaders "put forth their views" and suggest measures to strengthen the organisation and reach out at a grassroots level, reports in the Economic Times and the Indian Express suggest that the meeting saw rivals for the leadership from different factions engage in 'heated exchanges'.

Kumari Selja, the current leader of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, is reported by ET to have told the meeting that former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda's faction and even the AICC establishment have failed to help her with organisation of the party, and attempted to reduce her to a token PCC chief.