Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calls Congress rout in Bengal ‘humiliating loss’

While senior Congress leaders equivalent to Kapil Sibal and Shashi Tharoor are ecstatic with the TMC victory and BJP loss in West Bengal, senior Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury discovered the elections the place Congress couldn’t even open its account a deeply ‘humiliating loss’.
In an unique interview with the Indian Express, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury contemplated upon the issues that went unsuitable for the get together within the West Bengal meeting elections and urged it to ‘come out of Twitter and Facebook’. Reflecting on the ballot debacle, Chowdhury admitted that there’s a want for change within the functioning.
Deflated by the stinging defeat in West Bengal, Chowdhury mentioned that he can’t anticipate any “bright prospects in this present situation”.
Congress wants to come back out of on-line world to the actual world: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
“So if the Congress is able to put forth its point more vigorously and not confine itself to Twitter or WhatsApp but hit the streets in support of common people… otherwise this opportunity also will be lost. We should hit the streets because there’s no dearth of issues and people are suffering a lot,” Adhir mentioned in regards to the highway forward for the Congress get together.
Talking about what resulted within the rout of the Congress get together in West Bengal, Adhir held the get together’s rudderless method within the elections being considered one of them. “The TMC wanted to retain power and the BJP wanted to wrest power. We did not have such stakes, our fight was for survival,” he mentioned.
Chowdhury additionally rued about how the Muslim inhabitants within the state deserted the Congress get together and rallied behind Mamata Banerjee. He mentioned Mamata Banerjee was profitable in exploiting the state of affairs in Bengal and convincing Muslims that she is their solely saviour.
The senior Congress chief additionally talked in regards to the opportunistic alliance between the Congress get together and the Left. He admitted that the probability of some Left cadres shifting their allegiance to the TMC couldn’t be denied. He mentioned, “The Muslim vote went to Trinamool and the Hindu vote went to the BJP. For us, there is nothing left.”
Absence of Rahul Gandhi from the election hustings demoralised the cadres: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury
On being requested if the Congress excessive command deserted its assist to the West Bengal Congress unit, Chowdhury mentioned that the morale of the get together staff had taken a success after Rahul Gandhi stopped organising rallies and election meets within the state. It gave the TMC, Adhir argued, a possibility to “humiliate” the West Bengal Congress unit.
“We have been decimated by Mamata Banerjee regionally, we have been decimated by Modiji nationally. The BJP is the threat for us nationally and Mamata Banerjee is the threat for us regionally. So where should we go?” Adhir questioned on the dearth of assist from the central management of the Congress get together.
When requested about his future plans, a despondent Adhir replied: “Nothing. I have been defeated in a humiliating manner. At this point, you may call me an ex-MP. If the results give any indication, certainly I have become an ex-MP.”
Adhir additionally lauded BJP chief Himanta Biswa Sarma, stating that it was Sarma who made the distinction in Assam and enabled BJP victory within the state meeting elections.
Ready to resign from the West Bengal Congress President publish of AICC decides so: Chowdhury
Responding to the query of whether or not he’s going to resign after such a humiliating loss, Adhir mentioned that he had by no means wished to be the President of the West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee however on Sonia Gandhi’s insistence, he accepted the publish. He mentioned he’s comfy with no matter AICC decides and is prepared tackle the accountability of no matter is requested of him.
The Congress get together and the Left suffered an embarrassing defeat within the West Bengal state elections because the alliance failed to draw voters to vote for them. The Congress had a vote share of two.94 per cent and polled 1,757,148, not successful a single seat out of the 292-member meeting seats.