Bhubaneswar: A former MLA from Odisha has written a scathing letter to Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, slamming \"growing distance\" between the leadership and grassroots workers. He said that he himself has been unable to meet the Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi for almost three years.

Mohammed Moquim, who was an MLA from Barabati-Cuttak and claimed to be a life-long, devoted worker of the Congress, also questioned the leadership style of the party president Mallikarjun Kharge, claiming the 83-year-old leader has been unable to resonate with India's youth, who constitute 65 per cent of the country's population.

Moquim said many promising young leaders such as Jyotiraditya Scindia, Milind Deora, Himanta Biswa Sarma, among others, left the party feeling \"unheard, overlooked and neglected

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