The Party chief said senior leaders from Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Bengal would be required to “brief us, very frankly, on our performance…”.
After yet more disappointing performances in elections, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Monday demanded that the party “take note of our serious setbacks (and) put our house in order”.
The Party chief said senior leaders from Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Bengal – the states that went to the polls in April-May – would be required to “brief us, very frankly, on our performance…”.
As she delivered the opening remarks at a meeting of the CWC (Congress Working Committee) – the party’s highest decision-making body, Mrs Gandhi said: “We want them to tell us why we performed well below expectation. These results tell us clearly that we need to put our house in order.”
“We have to take note of our serious setbacks. To say we are deeply disappointed is to make an understatement. I intend to set up a small group to look at every aspect that caused such reverses and report back very quickly,” she further added.
Though the Congress party was set to discuss internal elections to choose a new full-time president, an issue that has been highly controversial and has given birth to two factions in the party.
June 23 was proposed for the election but the date met with resistance from some leaders. Eventually, the party decided to delay the elections in view of the pandemic, NDTV reported.
Senior leaders like Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, Shashi Tharoor and Kapil Sibal, over the past year, have called for “full-time” and “effective leadership” that will be “visible” and “active” in the field.
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