Sonia Gandhi Stays Chief, Congress Decides In 4-Hour Submit-Mortem: 10 Details

NDTV had reported yesterday that the Gandhis would provide to resign, triggering a denial from the occasion. However in the present day, a senior Congress chief, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, confirmed the identical to information company ANI.  “Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi stated that she alongside together with her members of the family Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are able to sacrifice their posts for the occasion, however all of us rejected this,” he was quoted as saying.

“The CWC unanimously reaffirms its religion within the management of Smt. Sonia Gandhi and requests the Congress President to guide from the entrance, handle the organisational weaknesses, impact obligatory & complete organisational adjustments with a purpose to tackle the political challenges,” the Congress stated in an announcement.

The occasion additionally stated it’s going to maintain a “Chintan Shivir” (brainstorming session) to deal with the organisational elections after the price range session of parliament ends.

Greater than 50 leaders participated on the assembly — a quantity surpassing the mixed power of Congress’s MLAs and MPs from the 5 states the place the elections have been held — Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Punjab.  

The size of Congress defeat had set off refreshed calls for for sweeping organisational adjustments and an accountable management — first launched two years in the past when a gaggle of 23 dissenters later dubbed the G-23, wrote an explosive letter to Sonia Gandhi.  

This time, searing criticism of the highest management got here from different quarters as nicely, albeit off the file. There was criticism that Rahul Gandhi, who doesn’t maintain any official place after stepping down as Congress president after the occasion’s second straight nationwide election defeat in 2019, continues to name the photographs.  

Choices by him and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have been seen as being chargeable for the occasion’s crushing defeat in Punjab, a state it dominated, and Uttar Pradesh.

There are solely three members from the “G-23” within the CWC, Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mukul Wasnik. Sources stated Mr Sharma and Ghulam Nabi Azad made their factors overtly on the assembly.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot stated Rahul Gandhi needs to be the Congress chief. “For the final three many years, no person from the Gandhi household turned a PM or a minister. It’s important to know that the Gandhi household is essential for Congress’ unity,” he instructed information company ANI.

This time, the Congress not solely misplaced energy in Punjab, one of many three states it guidelines by itself, but in addition the dominance it loved in Goa and Manipur. In Uttar Pradesh, it gained solely two seats and its voteshare dwindled to only 2.4 per cent.