Top Congress leaders from across the country got together to review the party’s performance in the Lok Sabha elections.
Though the party improved on its 2014 tally of 44, it could win just 52 Lok Sabha seats this year. The party did not open its account in 18 States and Union Territories.
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The Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, is chaired by party president Rahul Gandhi, with UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Chief Ministers of party-ruled states and other top leaders from across the country in attendence.
The meeting will go into the reasons behind the party’s defeat and discuss why its poll narrative failed to convince the people to vote in its favour.
The Congress President is expected to offer his resignation, taking moral responsibility for the party’s poor performance in the polls.