Congress brainstorming over poor poll show begins at CWC meet
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Last Updated: May 10, 2021, 12:23 PM IST
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CWC meet was convened to assess the party s losses in the recently-concluded Assembly polls in four states and a Union Territory, amid demands from its leaders for a serious introspection over its poor performance at the hustings.
Congress has lost most of the elections since the 2019 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.
Top Congress leaders, led by Sonia Gandhi, started a brainstorming session on Monday on the possible reasons for the party s defeat in the recent Assembly polls at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC). Chairing the meeting, Congress president Gandhi expressed concern over a possible third wave of COVID-19 and accused the Narendra Modi government of having completely abdicated its duty and leaving the responsibility of vaccinating
With 1,266 new cases reported, tally aggregates to 14,169.
The Union Territory of Puducherry registered 23 deaths to take the toll to 988 while recording 1,266 new cases in the last 24 hours on Monday.
Puducherry recorded 17 deaths, Karaikal three, Mahe two and Yanam one.
The region-wise cumulative toll stood at Puducherry (807), Karaikal (102), Yanam (61) and Mahe (18).
The patients, including seven women, were in the 32 to 84 years age bracket and 17 of them had no history of co-morbidity.
Puducherry accounted for 1,080 of the new cases, followed by Karaikal (92), Yanam (79) and Mahe (15).
The test positivity rate was 21.73%, case fatality rate 1.35% and recovery rate 79.23%.
With the recovery of 1,108 patients in the last 24 hours, the active cases in the Union Territory aggregated to 14,169.
The Madras High Court on Monday said it was necessary for the Centre to take urgent measures to augment the supply of oxygen to Tamil Nadu, which foresees a sharp rise in demand for the life-saving gas in the coming days in the wake of surging COVID-19 cases. Besides oxygen, supply of vaccines and drugs needs to be augmented for the State and neighbouring Union Territory of Puducherry, the First Bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said. The court was hearing a case taken up on its own on issues, including shortage of beds and ventillators, besides diversion of oxygen.
: Monday, May 10, 2021, 1:53 PM IST
Need to put our house in order: Sonia Gandhi takes note of serious setbacks in assembly polls during CWC meeting
Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi, during the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on Monday, said the party has to take note of its serious setbacks in assembly polls, and face the reality to draw the right lessons.
While addressing CWC meeting, Gandhi said she intends to set up a small group to look at every aspect that caused such reverses.
The meeting of the top Congress body has been convened to deliberate and introspect on the party s poor performance in the just-concluded assembly elections.