Rahul Gandhi may resign as Congress chief at party meet tomorrow

Rahul Gandhi may resign as Congress chief at party meet tomorrow




 

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Rahul Gandhi may resign as Congress president post tomorrow at the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.

Rahul Gandhi on Thursday offered to resign as Congress chief after a loss in Lok Sabha elections that saw him lose even his stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh.
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Rahul Gandhi lost to BJP candidate Smriti Irani by a margin of over 55,000 votes.
Sources told India Today TV that Gandhi told a group of senior Congress leaders including his mother Sonia that he takes full responsibility for the election defeat and that he is willing to resign as the party's president.
However, Congress spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala denied the reports of Rahul Gandhi offering to resign.
Congress in this election suffered a defeat at the hands of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP.
The grand old party could only manage to get 49 seats while leading on other three seats, whereas the BJP repeated its 2014 landslide victory with winning nearly 300 seats so far.
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Slide 2 of 55: Rahul Gandhi, President of India's main opposition Congress party, gestures during a news conference at his party's headquarters in New Delhi, India, February 13, 2019. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis

Slide 3 of 55: NEW DELHI, INDIA - JANUARY 18: Minister of Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani addresses a press conference, at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters, on January 18, 2019 in New Delhi, India. Irani said, The BJP is committed to make India a strong and resurgent nation while the Congress is standing with those who raise anti-India slogans.(Photo by Amal KS/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Slide 6 of 55: LUCKNOW, INDIA - FEBRUARY 12: National President of Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav addresses a press conference after he was stopped by police at Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport to prevent him from attending Allahabad event, on February 12, 2019 in Lucknow, India. (Photo by Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Slide 7 of 55: NEW DELHI, INDIA APRIL 08: President of BJP, Amit Shah during release of BJPs election manifesto 'Sankalp Patra' in New Delhi. (Photo by Qamar Sibtain/India Today Group/Getty Images)

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Slide 9 of 55: NEW DELHI, INDIA - FEBRUARY 7: Minister of Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore during the Budget Session of Parliament, on February 7, 2019 in New Delhi, India. Rajya Sabha proceedings were disrupted for the fourth day in a row amid protests by opposition parties, including RJD, BSP, TMC, SP and Congress, over roster system for reservation in universities. (Photo by Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Slide 10 of 55: NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 13: Samajwadi party leaders Mulayam Singh with Tejpratap Singh during Budget Session at Parliament House on March 13, 2018 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Slide 12 of 55: NEW DELHI, INDIA - MARCH 22: Asaduddin Owaisi during the budget session of Parliament, on March 22, 2018 in New Delhi, India. On Thursday, the two Houses of Parliament cumulatively met for less than 15 minutes, as repeated sloganeering and protests forced yet another adjournment. (Photo by Arvind Yadav/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Slide 17 of 55: NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 17: Senior Congress leader Pawan Kumar Bansal at Parliament during the Winter Session of Parliament on November 17, 2016 in New Delhi, India. Opposition parties led by Congress on Thursday forced adjournments of the Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha till Friday, demanding a response from Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the hardships caused to people by demonetisation of Rs. 500 and 1000 rupee notes. (Photo by Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Slide 20 of 55: NEW DELHI, INDIA - JANUARY 16: Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge addresses the media on the issue of the Karnataka government, at All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters on January 16, 2019 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Slide 41 of 55: Urmila Matondkar, Bollywood actress-turned-politician who recently joined India's main opposition Congress party, gestures during her election campaign rally in Mumbai, India, April 11, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

Slide 42 of 55: LUCKNOW, INDIA - JULY 17: Senior SP leader Shivpal Yadav coming out of Vidhan Sabha House after casting his vote during the presidential election on July 17, 2017 in Lucknow, India. Approx. 99% voting was recorded for electing India’s next president. The counting of votes will take place on 20th July. The numbers are stacked in favour of the ruling coalition’s nominee Ram Nath Kovind, a former Bihar Governor, over the opposition’s candidate and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. (Photo by Subhankar Chakraborty/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Slide 1 of 55: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi listens to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as he speaks during their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 20, 2019. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
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