New Delhi | After the massive defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress Chief Rahul Gandhi offered to resign in the ongoing Congress Working Committee meeting.
However, the body rejected his resignation citing reasons that merely Rahul Gandhi is not responsible for the loss. Gandhi will thus retain his position as the party chief.
Rahul Gandhi, who accepted the moral responsibility for the loss, is not the first in the party to resign.
Congress Uttar Pradesh Chief Raj Babbar, Congress Odisha Chief Niranjan Patnaik have also resigned from their positions.
Congress managed to win only 52 seats and fell short of becoming the Leader Of Opposition.
The CWC meeting, chaired by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, is being attended by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Uttar Pradesh (East) in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and chief ministers of four party-ruled states — Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh — and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
The meeting will go into the reasons behind the party’s debacle and discus as to why its poll narrative failed to convince the people.
The Congress president is expected to offer his resignation taking moral responsibility for the party’s poor performance in the polls.
Senior leader and former Union minister P Chidambaram was also present in the meeting alongside his party colleagues including Ak Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sheila Dikshit, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni, Anand Sharma and Jyotiraditya Scindia.
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot also attended the meeting along with their Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel.
Though the party improved on its 2014 tally of 44, it could win just 52 Lok Sabha seats this year. The party could not open its account in 18 states and Union Territories.
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