Manmohan Singh, 4 Others To Skip Congress Top Body Meet Today: Sources

Other than Dr Singh, former Defence Minister AK Antony and three senior leaders are expected to be absent in the party's top body meet.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not attend the meeting of the party's top decision-making body, the Congress Working Committee, that has been called today to discuss the party's debacle and drubbing in the just-concluded assembly elections, sources told NDTV.

Dr Singh, 89, will not attend the meeting owing to ill health, they added.

Other than Dr Singh, former Defence Minister AK Antony and three senior leaders are expected to be absent in the party's top body meet.

Overall, 57 top Congress leaders have been invited for the meeting which is scheduled to take place at 4 pm.