New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi, the Congress president, addressed at a weekly gathering of party MPs today on the party’s “sad and devastating” election losses, emphasising “unity at all levels” and resilience.
Sonia Gandhi also stated that she had received numerous recommendations for strengthening the Congress and that she was working on “many of them.”
“I am very well aware how disappointed you are at the recent election results. They have been both shocking and painful,” Mrs Gandhi said at the Congress Parliamentary Party meet.
Sonia Gandhi also stated that she had received numerous recommendations for strengthening the Congress and that she was working on “many of them.”
She alluded to a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) held shortly after the results of five state elections were announced last month. Mrs Gandhi, along with her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, offered to quit during the meeting amid calls for a leadership change after the Congress lost Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and failed to make a return in three states.
“The CWC has met once to review our performance. I have met with other colleagues too. I have received many suggestions on how to strengthen our organization. Many are pertinent and I am working on them,” Mrs Gandhi said today.
She said a Shivir – organising a “Chintan Shivir” or introspection meet was among the decisions taken at the CWC – was “also very necessary”.
“That is where the views of a larger number of colleagues and party representatives will be heard. They will contribute to put forward a clear roadmap on the urgent steps to be taken by our party on how best to meet the challenges we are confronted with,” she said.
“Our rebirth is not only a matter of importance to us alone – it is, in reality, necessary for our democracy itself and therefore for our society as well,” the Congress president added, describing the road ahead as “more arduous than ever before.”
Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister, and Rahul Gandhi were also present at the meeting.
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