G-23 (political group)

The G-23 was a group of 23 Indian members of parliament that were in the Indian National Congress party and that wrote a letter asking for stronger leadership.[1]

List of G-23 members

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Serial Name Posts Held State Current Status
1 Ghulam Nabi Azad

Jammu and Kashmir

Left Congress in 2022 to form Democratic Progressive Azad Party.
2 Anand Sharma

Himachal Pradesh

3 Bhupinder Singh Hooda

Haryana

4 Milind Deora
  • Cabinet Minister

Maharashtra

Left Congress in 2024 to join Shiv Sena.
5 Mukul Wasnik
  • Cabinet Minister

Maharashtra

6 Manish Tewari
  • Cabinet Minister

Punjab

7 Shashi Tharoor
  • Cabinet Minister

Kerala

8 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal
  • Chief Minister of Punjab
  • Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
  • Leader of Opposition Punjab

Punjab

9 Veerappa Moily
  • Chief Minister of Karnataka
  • Leader of Opposition Karnataka
  • Union Minister

Karnataka

10 Prithviraj Chavan
  • Chief Minister of Maharashtra
  • Cabinet Minister

Maharashtra

11 Kapil Sibal
  • Union Minister

Delhi

Left Congress in 2022.
12 Vivek Tankha
  • Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Madhya Pradesh

13 Jitin Prasada
  • Cabinet Minister

Uttar Pradesh

Left Congress in 2021 to join Bharatiya Janata Party.
14 Renuka Chowdhary
  • Union Minister

Andhra Pradesh

15 PJ Kurien
  • Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha

Kerala

16 Raj Babbar
  • Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
  • Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Uttar Pradesh

17 Kuldeep Sharma
  • Speaker Haryana

Haryana

18 Yoganand Shastri
  • Speaker Delhi,
  • Minister in Delhi

Delhi

Left Congress in 2021 to join Nationalist Congress Party (now Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar). Returned to Congress in 2024.
19 Akhilesh Prasad Singh
  • Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Bihar

20 Arvinder Singh Lovely
  • Minister in Delhi

Delhi

Left Congress in 2024 to re-join Bharatiya Janata Party.[2]
21 Kaul Singh Thakur
  • Minister in Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh

22 Ajay Arjun Singh
  • Leader of Opposition
  • Minister in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh

23 Sandeep Dikshit
  • Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

Delhi

References

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  1. ^ "What is Group-23 or G-23 ? All you need to know about the leaders seeking organisational overhaul in Congress". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Arvinder Singh Lovely joins BJP days after quitting Delhi Congress chief post". India Today. 4 May 2024. Retrieved 4 May 2024.