Concerned for the coming assembly election, 18 congress MLAs have sought Sonia Gandhi’s intervention to forge unity in the state unit by bringing together warring senior leaders.

In a letter to the national party president, they have stressed that the people of the state are thoroughly disillusioned with the BJP rule and want to throw it out of power. The Congress must put up a united front against the BJP during the Assembly poll, due later this year. Therefore congress legislator urged the high command to take an initiative to forge unity among senior leaders.