New Delhi: The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting that was held to review the poll debacle in five states concluded in Delhi on Sunday. After the meeting, senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge said, “Congress interim president Sonia will lead us & will take future steps. We all have faith in her leadership.”
Kharge’s statement came after Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi said that if the party workers want then She, along with Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is ready to resign.
Kharge’s views were echoed by Venugopal as well who said that CWC has unanimously reaffirmed faith in the leadership of Congress President Sonia Gandhi.
Congress interim president Sonia will lead us & will take future steps. We all have faith in her leadership: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge after the party’s working committee meeting pic.twitter.com/1l5ahufDjd
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After the meeting, an official statement by the CWC said, that the recent election results are a matter of serious concern. The statement also added that Congress could not expose the misrule of the BJP.
The official statement by the party said, “The recent Assembly election results of five states are a cause of serious concern for the Indian National Congress. The party accepts that due to shortcomings in our strategy, we could not effectively expose the misrule of BJP State Governments in four States and overcome the anti-incumbency in the State of Punjab in the short time after effecting a change of leadership.”
Congress lost the five assembly elections recently with bagging only 2 seats out of 403 in Uttar Pradesh, 18 of 117 in Punjab, 18 of 70 in Uttarakhand, 12 of 20 in Goa, and six of 60 seats in Manipur.
Despite the loss in the five states, CWC’s statement asserted that Congress is the hope of millions of people in the country and thanked the party workers and leaders who worked in these five states.
“Congress Party represents the hopes of millions of Indians against political authoritarianism prevailing in the country today and the party is fully conscious of its immense responsibility,” the CWC statement said.
The party also said that its leaders humbly accept the poll results and it will “continue to remain a vigilant and vibrant opposition.”
The meeting was attended by Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Randeep Surjewala, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni, Harish Rawat, and former PM Dr. Manmohan Singh among other senior party leaders.
After the Budget session of the parliament, Congress will hold a ‘Chintan Shivir’ before which the CWC will meet again.