Commenting for the primary time on her celebration’s disastrous present within the current Assembly elections in 4 states and the UT of Puducherry, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday mentioned the efficiency was “disappointing” and the celebration should collectively draw “appropriate lessons from this setback in a spirit of humility and honesty”.
While a gathering of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) is predicted to be convened subsequent week to overview the outcomes, there appears to be rumblings amongst a piece of leaders, given the spate of electoral defeats the celebration has confronted of late.
Sources mentioned discontent is simmering once more, with some leaders sustaining that the management can’t maintain kicking the can down the street. One celebration chief mentioned, “The leadership seems to be trying to hide behind the pandemic to avoid uncomfortable questions.”
Congratulating M Ok Stalin, Mamata Banerjee and Pinarayi Vijayan for his or her victories in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala, respectively, Sonia mentioned, “Most unfortunately, our own performance in all the states was very disappointing and if I may say, unexpectedly so. The CWC is meeting shortly to review the results, but it goes without saying that we, as a party, collectively must draw appropriate lessons from this setback in a spirit of humility and honesty.”
Many Congress leaders, together with some from what’s known as the ‘Group of 23’, imagine the assembly of the CPP and Sonia’s cursory point out in regards to the celebration’s humiliating efficiency within the Assembly elections was one more try to keep away from a much-needed soul-searching and radical motion to stem the rot within the celebration.
