The Congress Working Committee unanimously decided on Monday to postpone the election to the post of party president until the Covid-19 situation in the country improves, sources said. The Congress had earlier decided to have a new Congress president in place before June 2021 and the party s central election authority chaired by Madhusudan Mistry had proposed holding the election on June 23. However, top Congress leaders were of the view that holding the election right now would not be proper as the coronavirus situation in the country was very grim. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot proposed that there should be no election to the post of Congress president currently in view of the Covid-19 situation and senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad seconded him.
Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party today decided to defeat the prime minister’s floor test. PM Oli had called a special session of HoR on Monday to seek vote of confidence. Oli’s government fell into minority after the CPN-Maoist Centre withdrew support.
Sonia Gandhi on Friday chaired a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party. (File)
New Delhi:
The Congress Working Committee will meet on Monday to assess the party s losses in the state elections amid demands from leaders for serious introspection over its poor performance at the hustings, sources said.
Polls were held in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
The Congress has lost most elections since the last Lok Sabha polls and though it has managed to win in Tamil Nadu, it was with the support of its bigger ally and regional player DMK.
The Congress lost in elections in Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Haryana in 2019 and in Delhi and Bihar in 2020.
As the second wave of COVID-19 continues to ravage the country, Congress is likely to hold a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on May 10 to discuss the pandemic situation in India. On Friday, Congress President Sonia Gandhi had alleged that the BJP-led government at the Centre has failed the people of country , and abdicated its fundamental responsibilities and duties towards the people in the COVID-19 crisis and demanded that it should urgently call an all-party meeting to discuss the pandemic situation. Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting, she attacked the government saying India is crippled by a political leadership today that has no empathy for the people .
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.