The Congress was wiped out in Bengal in the just concluded polls (File)
New Delhi:
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has summoned a session of the party s highest decision making body - Congress Working Committee – on Monday to review the grand old party s poll performance in the just concluded assembly elections. Unfortunately, our own performance in all the states was very disappointing and if I may say, unexpectedly so. The CWC is meeting shortly to review results., Sonia Gandhi said at a virtual meet of the Congress Parliamentary Party on Friday, as she congratulated Mamata Banerjee and MK Stalin for their wins.
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The Modi government, she said, must urgently call an all-party meeting on the COVID-19 situation. She also demanded that standing committees be convened to ensure collective action and accountability to combat the pandemic better.
Agencies We as a party collective must draw appropriate lessons from this setback in polls in the spirit of humility and honesty, she said
Amid rising COVID-19 cases, Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said it is not the system but the Modi government that has failed the people by not being able to channelise resources, and demanded an all-party meeting be convened immediately.
Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting virtually, she also said the party s performance in the just-concluded assembly elections was very disappointing and MPs must draw appropriate lessons from this setback in the spirit of humility and honesty .
COVID battle transcends political differences; our performance in assembly polls disappointing: Congress chief Sonia Gandhi
This is the first meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) after the Budget session of Parliament that ended in March.
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NEW DELHI: The Covid battle transcends political differences and everyone has to fight it together as a nation, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said at a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party on Friday.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday chaired a meeting of all party MPs from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha to assess the situation arising out of the second wave of COVID-19 and evolve a political strategy.
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