CWC reaffirms its faith in Congress president Sonia Gandhi

Sonia Gandhi will remain Congress president, the party said Sunday after a four-and-half-hour election defeat post-mortem. The three Gandhis reportedly offered to "sacrifice" their posts but the party rejected it. "The CWC unanimously reaffirms its faith in the leadership of Smt. Sonia Gandhi and requests the Congress President to lead from the front, address the organisational weaknesses, effect necessary & comprehensive organisational changes in order to take on the political challenges," the Congress said in a statement. The party also said it will hold a "Chintan Shivir" (brainstorming session) to focus on the organisational elections after the budget session of parliament ends. Before the 'Chintan Shivir', the CWC will meet once again to discuss the matters to be taken up in the meeting including the organisational changes & strategies. The CWC has also decided to have a detailed deliberation on the party strategy and way forward in the upcoming elections in 2022, 2023 & 2024. Congress represents the hopes of millions of Indians against political authoritarianism prevailing in the country today and the party is fully conscious of its immense responsibility.

The CWC unanimously reaffirms its faith in the leadership of Smt. Sonia Gandhi and requests the Congress President to lead from the front, address the organisational weaknesses, effect necessary & comprehensive organisational changes in order to take on the political challenges. pic.twitter.com/OffiEFhPex

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More than 50 leaders participated at the meeting. There were only three members from the "G-23" in the CWC, Anand Sharma, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Mukul Wasnik. Sharma and Ghulam Nabi Azad made their points openly at the meeting.Congress not only lost power in Punjab, one of the three states it rules on its own, but also the dominance it enjoyed in Goa and Manipur. In Uttar Pradesh, it won only two seats and its voteshare dwindled to just 2.4 per cent.