Amid rumblings of dissent, Congress autopsies poll defeats

Following meetings of the CWC, Priyanka Gandhi held meetings with leaders of the UP and Punjab Congress

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi held a meeting of senior leaders to analyse the party's performance in Uttar Pradesh and decide on future course of action even as rumblings continued in the party over the electoral debacle in five states.

In Punjab, party in-charge Harish Chaudhary also held a meeting with candidates even as the attack on Charanjit Singh Channi intensified with losing nominee Gurpreet Singh alleging that the former Chief Minister was the sole reason for the debacle while claiming that the scene would have been different if Navjot Singh Sidhu was declared Chief Ministerial candidate.

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The meetings on Uttar Pradesh and Punjab come two days after a marathon meeting of Congress Working Committee (CWC) following the party's dismal performance in five states that went to polls. In the meeting chaired by Priyanka in Delhi, senior UP leaders like Ajay Kumar Lallu, PL Punia and Rajiv Shukla attended, while Channi and Sidhu among others attended the meeting on Punjab in Chandigarh.

After the meeting on UP affairs, Congress spokesperson Supriya Srinate told reporters that Priyanka took responsibility for the party's performance in the state.

Srinate said the results provided the party with new challenges as well as a new hope. "Priyanka Gandhi has started work on the Lok Sabha elections in 2024. There will be organisational changes so that we will be able to effectively fight the 2024 polls. The organisation will be strengthened," she said referring to the decisions of the meeting.

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