Cong Working Committee meets to review Lok Sabha poll debacle\, Rahul may offer to quit

Cong Working Committee meets to review Lok Sabha poll debacle, Rahul may offer to quit

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

Top leaders from across the country Saturday got together to review the party's drubbing in the polls, as the Working Committee meeting got underway here.

The CWC meeting, chaired by Rahul Gandhi, is being attended by Sonia Gandhi, former Manmohan Singh, (East) in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and ministers of four party-ruled states -- Punjab, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, -- and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

The meeting will go into the reasons behind the party's debacle and discus as to why its poll narrative failed to convince the people.

The Congress is expected to offer his resignation taking moral responsibility for the party's poor performance in the polls.

Senior leader and former Union P Chidambaram was also present in the meeting alongside his party colleagues including Ak Antony, Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Sheila Dikshit, Mallikarjun kharge, Ambika Soni, and

CM Amarinder Singh and CM also attended the meeting along with their counterpart Bhupesh Baghel.

Though the party improved on its 2014 tally of 44, it could win just 52 seats this year. The party could not open its account in 18 states and Union Territories.

Murmurs are already appearing within the party over taking responsibility for its poor performance, with some of its leaders already sending in their resignations.

Congress and Odisha Congress have announced their resignations from the post.

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First Published: Sat, May 25 2019. 12:35 IST