Party workers want Rahul Gandhi to lead Congress again: Manickam Tagore
India Today
Following the announcement of the poll results, Congress's highest executive authority - CWC - decided to hold a meeting on Sunday to discuss the party's poor performance.
Ahead of the meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Sunday, Congress chief whip Manickam Tagore said the Congress workers want former party president Rahul Gandhi to lead the party again.
The CWC, the Congress's top decision-making body, is meeting on Sunday to discuss the defeat in the recently concluded five-state assembly elections.
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The Assembly polls verdict raised serious questions about the future of the Congress, which was neither able to retain power in Punjab nor effectively challenge the incumbent in Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. In UP, a two-cornered race pushed Congress to a distant margin.
Tagore said, "Rahul Gandhi ji led by example after the 2019 Lok Sabha defeat, he came to the working committee and submitted his resignation from the post of party chief. He is the leader who shows the path, he has to lead us," adding, "We as Congress workers always wanted Rahul Gandhiji to take back the resignation and we hope that Rahulji will take over in future as Congress president."
Manickam Tagore said, "Congress is the only party that can fight against organised parties like Sangh and BJP. We are the main opposition party, therefore all criticism will be directed towards Congress only."
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