The development comes amid speculations over the names of Congress candidates from its family bastion - Raebareli and Amethi. It was expected that the grand old party would announce the name candidates for Raebareli and Amethi but the party maintained the suspense over the candidature.
Sharma's letter comes at a time when the Congress has intensified its demand for a nationwide caste census and promised to carry out the exercise if elected to power in the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Even as the Congress claimed that no doubts were raised over the election procedure for choosing the party president, sources have said that senior leader Anand Sharma did raise some questions.
Congress president polls: Sources said Anand Sharma pointed out that no Pradesh Congress Committee has received any list of delegates who will vote for the Congress president's election.
Anand Sharma visited Shimla on Wednesday and had a closed-door meeting with the state party Chief Pratibha Virbhadra Singh in the HP congress Committee State office.
Congress president election 2022: Sources said that the top choice is Ashok Gehlot, the Rajasthan Chief Minister had said on Monday that Rahul Gandhi should re-think his decision as it will demoralise the party workers.
Congress Anand Sharma news: Ahead of the Himachal Pradesh polls, Anand Sharma took to Twitter on Sunday and declared that he resigned from the chairmanship of the party's steering committee for the state.
A day after senior Congress leader Anand Sharma resigned from the chairmanship of the party's steering committee for Himachal Pradesh, state BJP president Suresh Kashyap on Monday claimed many other Congress leaders are feeling "suffocated" in the party and will soon follow suit.
The former union minister and deputy leader of the Congress in Rajya Sabha was appointed as chairman of the Steering Committee in Himachal Pradesh on April 26.
Anand Sharma said that practice of the BJP government to bypass Parliamentary scrutiny by not referring the bills to standing committees and joint select committees has created complications and conflicts.
Anand Sharma has expressed disgust over party workers' protest outside Kapil Sibal's house after he raised questions over the functioning of the Congress.
Senior Congress leader Anand Sharma on Monday demanded that the present Election Commission be disbanded and the action of its members probed.
The Congress is yet to release the list of its star campaigners for the assembly polls in which Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka are likely to be included. All eyes will be on the names of the leaders led by Ghulam Nabi Azad whose Rajya Sabha term ended recently.
Only a strong and united Congress can challenge BJP dominance, senior Congress leader Anand Sharma said on Thursday, following controversy over his recent tweet about the party's alliance policy in West Bengal.
Anand Sharma said that the statements of the dissenting leaders should be understood in the right context and their motive is to strengthen the party not weaken it.
The old vs new divide within the Congress appears to be widening rapidly with veteran leader Anand Sharma openly slamming the party's decision of entering into an alliance with Indian Secular Front (ISF) led by Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui.
Bengal elections 2021: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has asked Anand Sharma to rise above seeking personal comfort sports and 'stop praising PM'.
In a series of tweets, Anand Sharma demanded answers from the Congress' Bengal unit while describing the alliance decision as 'painful and shameful'.
Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad during a "peace conference" in Jammu on February 27 said that he has retired from only Rajya Sabha, not from politics.
Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in an exclusive conversation with India TV on Saturday raised the issue of the party as well as the opposition becoming weak. He also shared views on other pressing issues within the party.
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