The resignations were sought to “ease the rearrangement” of the state Congress units, according to Randeep Surjewala, who tweeted yesterday.
“Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has asked the CCP presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur to tender their resignations to facilitate the reorganization of the CCPs,” he said. he said Mr Sidhu had drawn criticism in his first interaction with the media after the party’s defeat for congratulating the people of Punjab for making an “excellent” decision to initiate change by fielding the Aam Aadmi party. about the power brought.
When asked how he could say that as president of Congress, he said that people choose change and are never wrong. “The voice of the people is the voice of God.
We must understand it with humility and bow to it,” he said. Congress, initially seen as the leading contender in what was seen as a bitter, multi-pronged struggle in the United Nations Assembly elections State, was defeated by the AAP, which registered re a massive victory, winning 92 of the 117 seats in the Assembly.
The big old party saw its vote share drop sharply from the 2017 election, with even Congress Prime Minister Charanjit Singh Channi losing the two seats he contested. Mr Sidhu himself lost the Amritsar East seat to Jeevanjyot Kaur of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) by a margin of over 6,000 votes. While he cast 32,929 votes, Ms Kaur received 39,520 votes.
Among a number of factors, the party’s electoral defeat was also attributed to months of power struggles which saw Mr Sidhu go head-to-head with former Prime Minister Amarinder Singh, leading the latter to summarily table and appoint Mr. Channi as Prime Minister just a few months. before the elections.
As Congress blamed electoral defeat during Captain Singh’s 4.5-year tenure as supreme state leader, the veteran congressional rebel lashed out at senior leadership, saying they ” would never learn”. “@INCIndia management will never learn! Who is responsible for Congress’ humiliating defeat in UP? What about Manipur, Goa, Uttrakhand? The answer is in BOLD on the wall, but as always, I guess you’ll avoid reading it,” Capt Singh tweeted.
The defeat sparked further friction in the Punjab Congress. Leader Sunil Jakhar blamed the election of Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday for the party’s landslide defeat in the state, saying the prime minister was caught ‘hand in the cash’ as he was used to combat perceptions of corruption. “I don’t want them to reinforce this error. The way he was made a hero – a guy who got his hand caught in the ledger.
For a leader, you need chaal, chalan, charitra (good manners, integrity, character). There is nothing that inspires confidence in him. You want to set him up as a hero, a mascot? I’m sorry I don’t accept it,” Mr Jakhar told NDTV, criticizing the outgoing prime minister in an exclusive interview. “The Congress staff in Punjab deserved better,” he added.
Besides Punjab , Congress also succeeded in Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh fail to fight their BJP rivals properly
