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‘Course Correction’ call meant to protect Gandhis, feel Congress leaders
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Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 08:10 AM IST
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The leadership had since systematically side-lined many change seekers and removed many of them from party posts and campaign assignments, especially in this round of assembly elections. These actions, incidentally, came despite Sonia Gandhi called them for a discussion in December end.
Rahul Gandhi
The All India Congress Committee’s ‘course correction’ offer after the party’s electoral debacle was aimed at protecting the leadership against any inhouse attacks and was not part of a belated realisation, feel ‘loyalists’ outside Gandhis’ charmed circle and some change seekers.