Thiruvananthapuram: The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha member and senior leader Shashi Tharoor suggested on Saturday that the party's leadership should be replaced.

"None has spoken a word against Sonia Gandhi, but she herself is saying she wishes to step down and hence a new leadership should take over quickly. "If Rahul Gandhi wishes to take over, it should happen quickly," said Tharoor to the media as he arrived near Ernakulam on a day that saw the party's Punjab unit implode.

Incidentally, by now various feeder organizations of the Congress party have been firmly demanding that Rahul Gandhi should take over as the new president. Dr. Shahi Tharoor was part of the Group of 23 Congress leaders, who last year wrote a letter to Sonia asking for sweeping changes in the party.

A group of 23 Congress leaders had written a letter to Sonia Gandhi last year asking for sweeping changes in the party. Tharoor was one of the signatories.

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