There has been renewed criticism of the Gandhi family, which leads the Congress. (file)
new Delhi:
Congress’ top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee or CWC, will meet at 4 pm today, three days after its massive defeat in state polls, and ahead of internal elections due in September amid new questions about its leadership, sources said. likely to increase. Said on Saturday.
Congress faced state election results Announced on Thursday, Punjab, one of the last major states under its control, lost to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and failed to put up a strong fight in three other states it had hoped for – Uttarakhand, Goa. and Manipur.
In Uttar Pradesh, where the campaign was led by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, daughter of party chief Sonia Gandhi and sister of senior leader Rahul Gandhi, the Congress got just 2 seats out of 403, a loss of 5 in the last elections. The party got only 2.4 percent of the votes.
defeat came alive again Strong criticism of Gandhi family and a growing demand for a complete change and leadership change depending on the number of party leaders – a demand hitherto confined to the “G-23” or group of 23 “opponents” who wrote to Sonia Gandhi two years ago Was.
“There will be no reform,” said senior Congress leaders, who have been speaking out against Gandhi’s leadership within the party but do not want to go on record.
Senior Congress leader, G-23 member, Shashi Tharoor, had tweeted on Thursday that the party could not escape change, while his colleague Jaiveer Shergill appealed for reform and warned against “sugar-coating” the damages.
somewhat dissatisfied met at the house of veteran leader Ghulam Nabi Azad last evening and reportedly discussed the way forward, expressing dismay at the Congress leadership for not taking any corrective steps to revive the party.
He also reportedly expressed concern that the report of the committee constituted to assess the losses after the last round of assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala and Puducherry was not even discussed in the party.
However, Gandhi family loyalists have defended the leadership. In an interview with NDTV, party’s top troubleshooter DK Shivakumar on Friday said that the Congress cannot unite without its first family and it was It’s “impossible” to survive without them,
The party’s Karnataka unit chief said, “Without the Gandhi family, the Congress party cannot remain united. They are the key to the unity of the Congress party. Without the Gandhi family, it is impossible for the Congress to survive.”