New Delhi:
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today stressed on “unity at all levels” and resilience as she spoke at a weekly meeting of party MPs about what she called the party’s “shocking and painful” election defeats.
Appearing to send out a message to the “G-23” or group of 23 dissenters who have been calling for drastic steps to revive the Congress, Sonia Gandhi said she had received many suggestions on how to strengthen the party and she was working on “many of them”.
“I am very well aware how disappointed you are at the recent election results. They have been both shocking and painful,” Mrs Gandhi said at the Congress Parliamentary Party meet.
“Our dedication and determination, our spirit of resilience is under severe test. Unity at all levels of our vast organisation is of paramount importance and speaking for myself, I am determined to do whatever is needed to ensure it.”
She referred to the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting soon after the results of five state elections last month. After an all-round disaster, in which the Congress lost Punjab to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and failed to make a comeback in three states, the meeting held amid calls for a leadership change saw Mrs Gandhi offering to resign, along with her children Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi.
