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| Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and KC Venugopal arrive at the AICC headquarters for the CWC meeting. (Image: Pankaj Nangia/Mail Today) Image Credit: INDIA TODAY |
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is probably
going to supply his resignation on Sabbatum before the
highest decision-making body of the Congress oncethe party's epic
fail within the national election during which Prime
Minister Narendra Modi's BJP and its allies won a spectacular mandate of over
350 seats within the 543-member Lok Sabha.
The Congress operating Committee (CWC), which has Rahul Gandhi,
his mother Sonia Gandhi, sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and former prime minister
Dr Manmohan Singh, has begun its post-mortem during which chief
ministers of Congress-ruled states - Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh - are invitees.
The Congress, that born to a historic low of forty four seats in 2014, might solely add eight additional seats to its national tally with Rahul Gandhi's nationwide campaign circling around his "Chowkidar Chor Hai" barb for PM Modi failing to translate into votes.
The party was a washout in seventeen states and union territories and could not do any higher even within the 3 region states it won simply in December. It won 2 seats in Chhattisgarh, one in Madhya Pradesh and none in Rajasthan.
Even Priyanka Gandhi's start the Uttar Pradesh battle could not salvage the Congress, that has continuously seen the younger Gandhi relation as its force multiplier factor, its final weapon. Despite her aggressive campaign in UP and her direct attacks on the PM, the Congress over up with only 1 seat - Sonia Gandhi's Raebareli - of the state's eighty constituencies. The Prime Minister won from his seat Varanasi by a margin of over four.7 large integer votes.
Rahul Gandhi, WHO lost even his ancient Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to the BJP's Smriti Asiatic - the win in Kerala's Wayanad was littleconsolation - had told reporters on weekday that he accepted "100 per cent" responsibility for the debacle. Asked whether or not he would resign, the Congress chief said: "Let that be between Maine and therefore the operating Committee."
Rahul Gandhi has known as this meet nowadays and he's nearly guaranteed to provide his resignation however whether or not the party can follow its guide or finally take forceful steps for its resurrection are celebrated later nowadays.
In 2014, then Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi - WHO LED the campaign as party vp - had each offered to quit once the party plunged to a historic low of forty four seats. however the Congress, that has continuously been dedicated to the Nehru-Gandhi family, rejected the provide and assumed "collective responsibility".
Three state chiefs of the party have already sent their resignations, which suggests further pressure on their boss to require the load.
In a tweet on weekday, dominion Babbar had in hand responsibility for the Congress's disaster in Uttar Pradesh. "The results square measure depressing for the Uttar Pradesh Congress. I realize myself guilty of not discharging my responsibility in an exceedinglycorrect manner," he had tweeted.
Outside the party, the assessment of Rahul Gandhi's performance has been way more unforgiving once the Congress's second consecutive loss within the national election. student Ramachandra Guha, WHO has typically praised the Congress chief's great grandparent Jawaharlal Nehru, India's initial prime minister, tweeted on Friday, "It is astonishing that Rahul Gandhi has not nevertheless resigned as Congress president. each self-regard still as political pragmatism, demand that the Congress elect a replacement leader. however maybe the Congress has neither."
The Congress, that born to a historic low of forty four seats in 2014, might solely add eight additional seats to its national tally with Rahul Gandhi's nationwide campaign circling around his "Chowkidar Chor Hai" barb for PM Modi failing to translate into votes.
The party was a washout in seventeen states and union territories and could not do any higher even within the 3 region states it won simply in December. It won 2 seats in Chhattisgarh, one in Madhya Pradesh and none in Rajasthan.
Even Priyanka Gandhi's start the Uttar Pradesh battle could not salvage the Congress, that has continuously seen the younger Gandhi relation as its force multiplier factor, its final weapon. Despite her aggressive campaign in UP and her direct attacks on the PM, the Congress over up with only 1 seat - Sonia Gandhi's Raebareli - of the state's eighty constituencies. The Prime Minister won from his seat Varanasi by a margin of over four.7 large integer votes.
Rahul Gandhi, WHO lost even his ancient Amethi in Uttar Pradesh to the BJP's Smriti Asiatic - the win in Kerala's Wayanad was littleconsolation - had told reporters on weekday that he accepted "100 per cent" responsibility for the debacle. Asked whether or not he would resign, the Congress chief said: "Let that be between Maine and therefore the operating Committee."
Rahul Gandhi has known as this meet nowadays and he's nearly guaranteed to provide his resignation however whether or not the party can follow its guide or finally take forceful steps for its resurrection are celebrated later nowadays.
In 2014, then Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi - WHO LED the campaign as party vp - had each offered to quit once the party plunged to a historic low of forty four seats. however the Congress, that has continuously been dedicated to the Nehru-Gandhi family, rejected the provide and assumed "collective responsibility".
Three state chiefs of the party have already sent their resignations, which suggests further pressure on their boss to require the load.
In a tweet on weekday, dominion Babbar had in hand responsibility for the Congress's disaster in Uttar Pradesh. "The results square measure depressing for the Uttar Pradesh Congress. I realize myself guilty of not discharging my responsibility in an exceedinglycorrect manner," he had tweeted.
Outside the party, the assessment of Rahul Gandhi's performance has been way more unforgiving once the Congress's second consecutive loss within the national election. student Ramachandra Guha, WHO has typically praised the Congress chief's great grandparent Jawaharlal Nehru, India's initial prime minister, tweeted on Friday, "It is astonishing that Rahul Gandhi has not nevertheless resigned as Congress president. each self-regard still as political pragmatism, demand that the Congress elect a replacement leader. however maybe the Congress has neither."
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