Sibal targets Rahul, then deletes tweet

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala then tweeted that Mr. Gandhi had not made any such statement.

Congres leader Kapil Sibal. File

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal targeted former party chief Rahul Gandhi while the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting was under way on Monday by tweeting that Mr. Gandhi had accused the dissenting leaders as ‘colluding with the BJP’.

However, he subsequently deleted his tweet after being informed by Mr. Gandhi that no such thing was said.

Mr. Sibal, one of the signatories to a letter addressed to party chief Sonia Gandhi asking for organisational overhaul, said he never made a statement in favour of the BJP in the past 30 years.

“Rahul Gandhi says we are colluding with BJP. Succeeded in Rajasthan High Court defending the Congress party. Defending party in Manipur to bring down BJP Government. Last 30 years have never made a statement in favour of BJP on any issue yet ‘we are colluding with the BJP!’” Mr. Sibal had said in a tweet reacting to media reports.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala then tweeted that Mr. Gandhi had not made any such statement. But Mr. Sibal was pacified only after Mr. Gandhi personally informed him.

Deleting his earlier tweet, Mr. Sibal said, “Was informed by Rahul Gandhi personally that he never said what was attributed to him. I therefore withdraw my tweet.”