new Delhi. Party’s interim president Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra during the Congress Working Committee meeting on Sunday after a crushing defeat in the assembly elections. ) proposed to resign, but the CWC unanimously rejected it. News agency ANI has given this information quoting sources.
…so Gandhi family ready to resign
Sources said that Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in her speech said that all three of us (Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) are ready to resign if the party feels, but the CWC unanimously rejected it. done.
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in her speech said that if the party feels we all three (herself, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra) are ready to resign, but CWC unanimously rejected this: Sources pic.twitter.com/vYMRPkEW2D
— ANI (@ANI) March 13, 2022
CWC rejects resignation
At the same time, while talking to ANI, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury said, “Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi said that she along with her family members Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are ready to give up their posts for the party. But we all rejected it.”
Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi said that she along with her family members Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra are ready to scarify their posts for the party, but we all rejected this: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on CWC meeting pic.twitter.com/TISSxaLdg3
— ANI (@ANI) March 13, 2022
The meeting lasted for more than four and a half hours
According to party’s organization general secretary KC Venugopal, it was also decided in the CWC meeting that a ‘Chintan Shivir’ would be organized as soon as the budget session of Parliament is over, in which the future strategy will be decided. The meeting of the CWC, the top policy-making body of the Congress, chaired by Sonia Gandhi, lasted for more than four and a half hours at the party headquarters. Expressed confidence in Sonia’s leadership
After the meeting, Venugopal told reporters that, “everyone reposed faith in Sonia Gandhi’s leadership and urged her to make necessary changes to strengthen the party.”
He said that a ‘Chintan Shivir’ would be organized immediately after the budget session of Parliament.
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Sonia Gandhi will continue as president
Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said, “Every leader expressed confidence in Sonia Gandhi’s leadership and urged her to continue as the president till the organizational elections are over.” He said that in the meeting, the in-charges and senior leaders of each election state presented a comprehensive report before the CWC.
President’s decision through organizational election
Surjewala said, “It has been the feeling of the party leaders and workers that Rahul Gandhi should take over as the party president, but the decision of the president will be done only through organizational elections.”
Apart from Sonia Gandhi, former party president Rahul Gandhi, general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and many other leaders attended the Congress Working Committee meeting.
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Congress failed in all five states
It is noteworthy that in the assembly elections held in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, the Congress suffered a humiliating defeat. While he lost power in Punjab, he lost the opportunity to form government in Uttarakhand and Goa. In both the states it got 19 and 11 seats respectively. Last time the party got 28 seats in Manipur. At the same time, this time he had to be satisfied with only 5 seats. The worst condition of Congress happened in Uttar Pradesh. Priyanka Gandhi’s constant activism in the state did not help. In the history of UP, the Congress could win only 2 seats, giving its worst performance.