The irony was evident. Even as identified Congress baiter and as soon as ignored by Rahul Gandhi, Himanta Biswa Sarma, took cost as chief minister of Assam, in Delhi, the Congress Working Committee was assembly to debate the ballot outcomes.
First, the much-awaited and many-times-postponed Congress presidential polls have been deferred once more. The motive this time is the Covid disaster. Sources say whereas organisational secretary KC Venugopal urged June 23, senior leaders like Ashok Gehlot and Ghulam Nabi Azad stated it’s not proper to carry elections in the course of the pandemic. Others agreed, so as soon as once more there isn’t any readability on when the polls will likely be held. Interestingly, this time the plea for postponement got here from those that have been a part of the group of 23 dissenters, dubbed G23, who had requested for readability on the social gathering’s future course and inner polls.
G23 members in a letter to interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in August final yr had stated that the social gathering was going downhill and never having a full-term president was hurting it. There was a renewed demand on the CWC for Rahul Gandhi to take over as social gathering president. Rahul although was absent from the assembly.
The meeting ballot outcomes have been additionally mentioned although Sonia Gandhi has arrange a committee for this goal. The committee will look into the explanations for its losses. Particularly embarrassing was the defeat in Kerala as the place, by conference, the Congress-led United Democratic Front ought to have received. The loss is much more troubling as Rahul Gandhi is an MP from the state.
In Bengal, the Congress did not win a single seat, even in its strongholds like Malda and Murshidabad. Sources say state unit chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury was silent on the meet. But a level was made that the distinction within the social gathering’s stand on the Centre and the state stage had confused the cadre and voters as nicely. While the central management appeared to be in favour of going comfortable on Mamata Banerjee, the state leaders have been in opposition to it, questioning why.
In Assam, the sensation was that the good thing about the alliance there went to allies like AIUDF and never the Congress. In truth, many in different states had squirmed on listening to of this alliance as a result of they felt this may hurt the social gathering’s new Hindutva agenda, particularly in Uttar Pradesh.
In Kerala, the explanation for the Left Democratic Alliance victory given on the CWC was the Covid administration by chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and the truth that the Congress couldn’t ship on that entrance.
There is not any readability on when the committee will submit its report on the social gathering’s ballot efficiency. But this isn’t the primary such committee that has been arrange. There have been three others earlier. But none of their suggestions or observations have been included. The greatest concern has been that the Congress has misplaced its preventing skill and regional gamers have grow to be extra highly effective. Some really feel that the Congress has ceded area to regional events.
It’s additionally been felt that with a confused management line, the employees aren’t enthusiastic sufficient. And at the same time as vital state elections like Uttar Pradesh and Punjab are arising, in Punjab the infighting between Captain Amarinder Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu has grow to be even deeper, which may hurt their prospects within the state, significantly with Aam Aadmi Party making a push. On the opposite hand, in UP, the Congress is extra of a bit participant.
This CWC assembly has additionally not caused a shift. As they are saying, the extra issues change, the extra they keep the identical, particularly with regards to the Congress social gathering.
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