Crucial Congress meet starts at Sonia Gandhi's residence today; many of the 23 dissenting 'letter-writers' attend Ahead of the meeting, the Congress downplayed any internal frictions and said Rahul Gandhi was the "right person" to lead the party. December 19, 2020 / 11:21 AM IST sonia gandhi Congress president Sonia Gandhi is on December 19 meeting Congress leaders including many of the 23 signatories to the August letter seeking reforms in the party and a full-time “visible” leadership. Leader of the party in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Rajya Sabha MP Anand Sharma, Lok Sabha MPs Shashi Tharoor and Manish Tiwari, former chief minister of Harayana Bhupinder Hooda, former chief minister of Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Vivek Tankha are among the signatories of the letter expected to attend the meeting to be held at 10 Janpath, Sonia Gandhi’s residence. Former union minister Kapil Sibal cannot attend the meeting because he is travelling abroad.