Published 14:05 IST, May 28th 2019
Here's the list of all the Congress leaders who have resigned after party's devastating defeat in the Lok Sabha elections 2019
Even as the Congress Working Committee (CWC) is pondering on the resignation of its chief Rahul Gandhi who is adamant on resigning owing to the party's massive loss in the Lok Sabha elections 2019, Congress leaders across the country have forwarded their resignations taking the responsibility of the defeat in their respective state.
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Even as Congress Working Committee (CWC) is pondering on resignation of its chief Rahul Gandhi who is adamant on resigning owing to party's massive loss in Lok Sabha elections 2019, Congress leaders across country have forwarded ir resignations taking responsibility of defeat in ir respective state.
Here is a list of leaders who have offered resignation after Congress party won 52 seats in Lok Sabha elections compared to BJP's 303 seats.
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- Rahul Gandhi - Congress president forwarded his resignation on Saturday in first meeting of CWC in Congress headquarters in Delhi following party's performance in Lok Sabha polls. However, his resignation was rejected by CWC members. Rahul Gandhi won from Kerala's Wayanad but lost from Gandhi bastion of Amethi against BJP's Smriti Irani by 55120 votes. Briefing media after meeting, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said:
"Congress president Rahul Gandhi in his address to CWC offered his resignation which CWC members unanimously and with one voice rejected and requested Congress president for his guidance and leadership. CWC recommended Congress president thorough introspection for a complete overall and a detailed re-structuring at every level. A plan about same will come into play in coming days. CWC will furr inspect on reasons for same."|
- Kamal Nath - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and MP Congress committee president Kamal Nath on May 25 offered to resign from post of Congress state unit chief. Deepak Babaria, Congress' general secretary informed media about that Kamal Nath who took responsibility of party's loss in MP where Congress won only one seat with BJP bagging 28 out of 29 Lok Sabha seats. However, Nath skipped Congress Working Committee meeting held in national capital. Sources also said that re was infighting within Congress in MP. However, Kamal Nath downplayed his offer later by saying that Babaria was speaking about his offer of resignation after Assembly elections held last year, and t w.
- Raj Babbar - Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president sent his resignation to Rahul Gandhi on Friday, said party spokesperson Rajiv Bakshi, a day after party won only one seat in state. " results are depressing for Uttar Pradesh Congress. I find myself guilty of t discharging my responsibility in a proper manner. I will meet leadership and apprise it of my views. Congratulations to winners for winning confidence of people,” Babbar tweeted in Hindi on Friday.
- Ashok Chavan - Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ashok Chavan who himself lost elections from Nanded, Maharashtra offered to resign on May 26. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Congress won only one seat in state out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra.
- Niranjan Patnaik - Odisha Congress chief sent his resignation a day after defeat on May 24. “I too had contested election, party had given me a responsibility, I take moral responsibility for this debacle and relinquish this job. I’ve communicated it to my AICC President,” he said after Congress won just one of state’s 21 Lok Sabha seats. He had conceded defeat even before counting by saying that in Odisha fight is directly between BJD and BJP in state. "We (Congress) will t be able to form government in state on our own. However, our performance will be better than in 2014," Patnaik told reporters during an interaction while reacting to exit polls predictions.
- Yogendra Mishra, president of district Congress Committee- Amethi, constituency that handed out a defeat to Gandhi, also resigned taking responsibility for defeat. Rahul Gandhi lost Amethi to BJP’s Smriti Irani in biggest upset of Lok Sabha election 2019. With this Amethi snapped its 39-year-old ties with Gandhis that started in 1980 with Rahul Gandhi’s uncle Sanjay Gandhi contesting and winning this seat.
- Ajoy Kumar - Congress chief in Jharkhand, Ajoy Kumar, sent in his resignation taking moral responsibility for party’s poor show in state where y won just one of state’s 14 seats. “PCC chief has taken moral responsibility of party’s performance and sent his resignation on May 24. However, party’s performance was t that bad as we won Singhbhum comfortably and lost Khunti and Lohardaga by a thin margin,” said Jharkhand Congress spokesperson Alok Dubey.
- Ripun Bora - or party leader to quit was Assam unit chief Ripun Bora, who in a letter to Gandhi, wrote: ““whatever may be reasons for this humiliating defeat of my party in Assam, my conscience doesn’t allow me to continue as president of Assam PCC (Pardesh Congress committee).” Congress had won three--Kaliabor, Nagaon and Barpeta—of 14 seats in state.
- HK Patil - Karnataka Congress campaign committee president HK Patil also put in his papers writing to party president Rahul Gandhi. He said: "It is time for all of us to introspect. I feel it my moral duty to own up responsibility, hence, I submit my resignation from post." In Karnataka, state Congress rules in coalition with JD(S), grand old party just man 1 seat as compared to 9 of 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
- Deepak Babaria - Congress' general secretary in Madhya Pradesh also offered to resign taking responsibility for party's defeat in state.
- Sunil Jakhar - Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on May 27 also offered to resign from his post. Even after Congress party did fairly well in state of Punjab by winning 8 out of 13 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 polls, Sunil Jakhar lost his parliamentary constituency of Gurdaspur to newly-appointed BJP leader Sunny Deol and hence sent his resignation.
- Lalchand Kataria - Rajasthan’s Agriculture Minister Lalchand Kataria has resigned from Congress-led state government after party’s defeat in Lok Sabha elections. However, re is confirmation on acceptance of his resignation by Congress in state.
- Bhakta Das - Former Union Minister Bhakta Charan Das on May 25 resigned from post of chairman of Odisha Congress Campaign Committee. Taking responsibility of Congress' debacle in state, he said: " result was t what we expected. Congress' election manifesto did t reach public. Our party was t able to use modern techlogy for publicity. party needs to rebuilt again."
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12:15 IST, May 28th 2019