Congress President Sonia Gandhi Fires Five State Chiefs After Humiliating Loss In State Polls

The resignations have been asked to facilitate reorganisation of party's state units, said chief Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala.

PTI

Updated on: 15 March 2022 2:57 pm

Sonia Gandhi

After the party's drubbing in the just-concluded Assembly polls, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has asked the party's state unit chiefs in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur to resign.

The development comes two days after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) discussed threadbare the reasons for the party's debacle in these Assembly polls. The Congress failed to win in any of the states and lost Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

The resignations have been asked to facilitate reorganisation of party's state units, said chief Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala on Twitter.

Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa & Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate reorganisation of PCC’s.
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) March 15, 2022

The CWC, in its marathon meeting, had asked the Congress president to initiate necessary changes in the organisation in order to strengthen 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 and comprehensive organisational changes in order to take on the political challenges," it had said after the meeting.