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.
List of G-23 members
SerialNamePosts HeldStateCurrent Status1Ghulam Nabi Azadthen Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir (2005 - 2008) Union Minister (1991 - 96, 2004 - 2005) Cabinet Minister (1982, 1983-87) Jammu and KashmirLeft Congress in 2022 to form Democratic Progressive Azad Party.2Anand Sharmathen Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha Union MinisterHimachal Pradesh3Bhupinder Singh Hoodathen Leader of Opposition in Haryana Chief Minister of Haryana (2005 - 2014) Member of Parliament, Lok SabhaHaryana4Milind DeoraCabinet MinisterMaharashtra Left Congress in 2024 to join Shiv Sena.5Mukul WasnikCabinet MinisterMaharashtra 6Manish TewariCabinet MinisterPunjab7Shashi TharoorCabinet MinisterKerala8Rajinder Kaur BhattalChief Minister of Punjab Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Leader of Opposition PunjabPunjab9Veerappa MoilyChief Minister of Karnataka Leader of Opposition Karnataka Union MinisterKarnataka 10Prithviraj ChavanChief Minister of Maharashtra Cabinet MinisterMaharashtra11Kapil SibalUnion MinisterDelhiLeft Congress in 2022.12Vivek TankhaMember of Parliament, Rajya SabhaMadhya Pradesh13Jitin PrasadaCabinet MinisterUttar PradeshLeft Congress in 2021 to join Bharatiya Janata Party.14Renuka ChowdharyUnion MinisterAndhra Pradesh15PJ KurienDeputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Kerala16Raj BabbarMember of Parliament, Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha Uttar Pradesh17Kuldeep SharmaSpeaker Haryana Haryana18Yoganand ShastriSpeaker Delhi, Minister in Delhi DelhiLeft Congress in 2021 to join Nationalist Congress Party (now Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar). Returned to Congress in 2024.19Akhilesh Prasad SinghMember of Parliament, Rajya SabhaBihar20Arvinder Singh LovelyMinister in Delhi DelhiLeft Congress in 2024 to re-join Bharatiya Janata Party.21Kaul Singh ThakurMinister in Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh22Ajay Arjun SinghLeader of Opposition Minister in Madhya Pradesh Son of veteran Congress leader Arjun Singh Madhya Pradesh23Sandeep DikshitMember of Parliament, Lok Sabha Son of veteran Congress leader Sheila DikshitDelhi
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