Bhupinder Singh Hooda

G-23 dies as Kapil Sibal quits and others patch up with Congress

The resignation of former union minister Kapil Sibal from the Congress has also brought down the curtains on the group of 23 dissenters or popularly known as G-23. While filing his nomination papers on Wednesday for the June 10 Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh as a Samajwadi Party candidate, Sibal, 73, announced that he had resigned from the Congress on May 16.