Karti echoes father Chidambaram's call to introspect on Congress' Bihar loss; backs Sibal

As Congress party won only 19 out of 70 seats it contested in Bihar assembly elections, dissenting voices against top leership are being heard again. While state leers in Bihar came out in open to express ir disappointment against Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, with some leers skipping CLP meeting in Patna and ors creating ruckus, senior leers like Kapil Sibbal have confronted party on it suffering yet ar defeat. 

Kapil Sibal in an interview with Indian Express said that  people of country don’t consider "Congress as an effective alternative." He said that if for six years Congress has t introspected, "what hope do we have for introspection w?" Moreover, Kapil Sibal also said that probably Central leership thinks that things are fine even as party's progress continues to take a downward trajectory. 

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Backing Sibal, Congress MLA Karti Chidambaram has said that it is time Congress party "introspect, ideate, consult & act". Karti has also tagged official Twitter handle of his party while responding to Sibal's tweet. 

Former Union minister and senior leer of Congress P Chidambaram h opined that people of Bihar came "pretty close" to changing  government but ded that grand old party is "disappointed" by its performance. "We accept verdict. We are disappointed with our performance in Bihar.  Congress Working Committee (CWC) will review it in due course and come up with an official statement of our position."

It must be ted that dissenting voices h risen in Congress party a few months ago against backdrop of fight between Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot in Rajasthan. Senior Congress leers like Kapil Sibal and Ghulam Nabi Az h n spoken openly against Central leership of Gandhis, and 23 senior leers h demanded robust reforms in party. However, interim Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was able to quash rebellion and h assured party members of reviewing raised demands. 

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Congress has been in a leership dilemma since Rahul Gandhi quit as party chief in post-Lok Sabha 2019 debacle. This led to a barr of resignations from various posts. Amidst a lot of turmoil with Priyanka Vra also being considered, Congress finally went back to ir safe option and named Sonia Gandhi as its interim chief. Recently, her tenure was again extended. While some loyalists have time and again implored 50-year-old Rahul Gandhi to take back reins of party, this has also been met with significant opposition. Moreover, prominent Congress leers like Jyotiritya Scindia, Khushbu Sundar have quit party and joined BJP. 

In Bihar, Mahagathbandhan won 110 seats but failed to cross majority mark and form its government in state. Congress ally RJD's leer Shivanand Tiwari has blamed Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi for debacle. However, Rahul loyalists seem to deny - Ex-Mumbai Congress chief Sanjay Nirupam dismissed remark by RJD leer saying it is a trend to blame Rahul Gandhi. Even as revolt brews again, only time will tell if reforms and change in leership will take place in grand-old Congress party. 

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