Bengal Cong incharge blames alliance with ISF for wipe out
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Mon, May 10 2021 16:03 IST |
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UP bypolls: Notice to Cong candidate for distributing money. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 10 : Distancing itself from the alliance with ISF, Congress West Bengal in-charge Jitin Prasada said in the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meet on Monday that the alliance with the ISF ruined the party prospects in the state, sources said. He said that the ISF alliance was finalized by the Left parties and not the Congress.
At the time of elections, Congress leader Anand Sharma had raised the issue but was snubbed by Adheer Ranjan Chowdhury that the Left had given its share of seats to ISF.
Sonia to form committee to dissect Congress poll debacle
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Mon, May 10 2021 19:51 IST |
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Congress President Sonia Gandhi chairs the Congress Working Committee (CWC) Meeting via vdeo conferencing on Thursday during the 21-day nationwide lockdown (that entered its 9th day) imposed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronav. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 10 : Interim Congress President Sonia Gandhi has decided to constitute a fact finding committee to find reasons for the partys defeat in the four states which went to the polls recently.
After the Congress Working Committee meeting on Monday, party General Secretary K.C. Venugopal said, The committee will be constituted within 48 hours.
The meeting heard the party’s Chief Ministers on the Covid situation The Congress Working Committee (CWC), which met here on Monday through video conferencing, has decided to appoint a fact finding committee to evaluate the election results and the reasons for the setbacks the party suffered in four States that went to polls. It was also decided to defer the organisational elections to elect the next Congress president.
Briefing reporters after the meeting, Congress general secretary incharge of organisation KC Venugopal said the party will fix responsibility for the debacle based on the report of the fact finding team. He said the Congress president Sonia Gandhi will appoint the members within 48 hours from Monday.
Visual of virtual meeting chaired by Congress party interim president, Sonia Gandhi (Photo/ANI)
Congress to form group on electoral reverses, Sonia says we need to put our house in order ANI | Updated: May 10, 2021 19:31 IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said a small group will be formed to look at every aspect of party s reverses in three states that went to the polls recently, saying that there is need to take note of our serious setbacks and to candidly understand why the party failed to dislodge incumbent governments in Kerala and Assam and drew a complete blank in West Bengal.
Sonia To Form Fact-Finding Group To Analyse Congress Poll Rout In Bengal, Assam, Kerala
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Outlook Correspondent 10 May 2021, Last Updated at 9:04 pm PTI Outlook Correspondent 2021-05-10T21:01:01+05:30 Sonia To Form Fact-Finding Group To Analyse Congress Poll Rout In Bengal, Assam, Kerala outlookindia.com 2021-05-10T21:04:11+05:30
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The Congress party has, once again, fallen back on the standard operating procedure it has often adopted in the past when faced with humiliating defeats in elections – central or provincial. At the Congress Working Committee meet, on Monday, interim party chief Sonia Gandhi declared that she intends to “intend to set up a small group to look at every aspect that caused” her party’s rout in the recently concluded ele