Outcry over defeat in Congress Sonia Gandhi demands resignation from the presidents of the five states

New Delhi : After losing the assembly elections in five states, the Congress has started fixing accountability. Party President Sonia Gandhi has sought resignation from the state presidents of these states so that the committees can be formed afresh. This is the first time that such resignation has been sought after the defeat. Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala gave this information by tweeting. However, many state presidents had offered to resign from their posts after the defeat.

The party is headed by Ajay Kumar Lallu in UP, Ganesh Godiyal in Uttarakhand, Navjot Singh Sidhu in Punjab, Girish Chodankar in Goa and Nameirakpaim Loken Singh in Manipur. Meanwhile, the state presidents of UP, Uttarakhand and Goa have also submitted their resignations. The demand for resignation was also raised in the Congress Working Committee meeting held on Sunday to consider the reasons for the election defeat. The CWC had also talked about making organizational changes in the statement. So that, the weaknesses of the organization can be removed to face the political challenges. This instruction is being seen in connection with this.

Sidhu was entrusted with the responsibility before the election

Even before the assembly elections, the party had entrusted the responsibility of Punjab State President to Navjot Singh Sidhu. But in the election, the party was reduced from 77 to 18 seats. Similarly, in UP, the party could win only two seats out of 403.

Lallu-Godiyal took moral responsibility

The decision of the Congress President will be followed. I take moral responsibility for the defeat in UP. In a democracy, the people are omnipotent. We will try to please them in the future. The party will try to fight in the 2024 general election in a better way. -Ajay Kumar Lallu

I take moral responsibility for the party's defeat in Uttarakhand. I wanted to resign on the result day itself but waited for the orders of the high command. -Ganesh Godiyal