The Congress not solely misplaced Punjab however was decimated in all states.
The Congress’s prime decision-making physique, the Congress Working Committee or CWC, is assembly at the moment, three days after an enormous defeat within the state polls, and is more likely to advance inner elections scheduled in September amid renewed questions on its management, sources mentioned on Saturday.
The huge rout within the 5 states has revived searing criticism of the Gandhi household and calls for for a whole overhaul and management change – a requirement that will now not be confined to the “G-23” or group of 23 “dissenters” who had written to Sonia Gandhi two years in the past.
Sources say the Congress organisational elections to pick a brand new social gathering chief, scheduled in August-September, might now be superior by two-three months, within the CWC meet at the moment.Â
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AK Antony skipped large meet after testing optimistic for Covid
Former defence minister AK Antony skipped the Congress’s prime physique meet at the moment after testing optimistic for Covid. “He is extremely disappointed to not being able to attend today’s CWC meeting,” tweeted his son Anil Okay Antony.
The Congress Working Committee is assembly on Sunday to debate the end result of the meeting elections in 5 states because the opposition social gathering reels from the newest electoral debacle.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi, former social gathering chief Rahul Gandhi, normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Okay C Venugopal, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and P Chidambaram have been amongst these attending the assembly.
The assembly of the social gathering’s highest decision-making physique is more likely to witness some fireworks because the G-23 dissident leaders, who’ve questioned the management and pressed for organisation overhaul, have indicated that the problem of inner polls could possibly be raised once more.
Congress Working Committee assembly begins. The assembly is being chaired by social gathering’s interim president Sonia Gandhi pic.twitter.com/czj37hmjKX
– ANI (@ANI) March 13, 2022
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, different senior leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni, Salman Khurshid, Ajay Maken, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, P Chidambaram, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh Bhagel and Harish Rawat arrive for the assembly.
Ahead of a vital Congress Working Committee (CWC) assembly, Youth Congress chief Srinivas BV on Sunday mentioned the Gandhi household is the thread that binds collectively not solely the Congress however all sections of the nation and it isn’t depending on any electoral victory or defeat.
“There have been many conspiracies to erase this heritage, which has sacrificed everything for the integrity of the country, but they have never succeeded,” the Youth Congress chief tweeted referring to the legacy of the Gandhi household.
“The Gandhi family is the thread that binds together not only the Congress but all the sections of the country and it is not dependent on any electoral victory or defeat,” he mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
“Rahul Gandhi should become the party president”: Rajasthan Chief Minister
“Rahul Gandhi should become the party president. For the last three decades, nobody from the Gandhi family became a PM or a minister. It is significant to understand that the Gandhi family is important for Congress’ unity,” mentioned Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress chief Ashok Gehlot
Ahead of Congress’s large meet, Jharkhand Congress passes decision in help of Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi
Ahead of Congress’s large meet at the moment, Jharkhand Congress has handed a decision in help of social gathering chief Sonia Gandhi and his son and senior chief Rahul Gandhi.
Ahead of the Congress Working Committee assembly, messages have been despatched to the Delhi state unit and frontal organisations to be current exterior the Congress workplace with social gathering employees by Three pm.
Furious over Mamata Banerjee questioning the credibility of the Congress, the social gathering’s West Bengal chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has known as the Trinamool Congress chief an agent of the BJP.
After the vote victory in UP, BJP authorities comes out with its present card instantly! It directly unmasks itself by proposing to slash the rate of interest on Employees’ Provident Fund deposits to a four- decade low nadir. (1/3)
– Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 13, 2022
Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma, Okay Suresh and Jairam Ramesh arrive in Janpath for Congress parliamentary technique group assembly.
The assembly is to chalk out technique for the second a part of Budget session commencing tomorrow, says Okay Suresh.
Even because the BJP rank in Manipur awaits for the central management to take a name on who could be the following Chief Minister, its nationwide ally, the Janata Dal (United) and regional ally the Naga People’s Front (NPF) on Saturday introduced their help to the social gathering.
The Congress Parliamentary Strategy Group met at the moment to debate the technique for the Budget Session of the Parliament. The meet was held at Sonia Gandhi’s residence.
The meet was attended by Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Anand Sharma, Okay Suresh and Jairam Ramesh.
“The meeting is to chalk out the strategy for the second part of the Budget session of Parliament commencing tomorrow,” Okay Suresh advised ANI forward of the assembly.
The Congress’s prime decision-making physique, the Congress Working Committee or CWC, will meet at four pm at the moment. The social gathering is more likely to advance inner elections scheduled in September amid renewed questions on its management, sources mentioned on Saturday.Â
Punjab | Cutouts and posters of CM-designate Bhagwant Mann & AAP nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal seen on the roads & lanes of Amritsar forward of their roadshow & go to to temples later at the moment pic.twitter.com/k3oW93QnXW
– ANI (@ANI) March 13, 2022
We will take the blessings of Guru Sahib to satisfy the guarantees we have now made to the folks of Punjab. Our nationwide convenor Arvind Kejriwal is coming to Amritsar (for roadshow) at the moment to thank the folks of the State: Punjab CM designate Bhagwant Mann, at Sangrur pic.twitter.com/4e8uh2c6b8
– ANI (@ANI) March 13, 2022
The Congress confronted a wipe-out in state election outcomes declared on Thursday, dropping Punjab, one of many final main states underneath its management, to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and failing to place up a robust struggle in three different states the place it had hoped for a comeback – Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.