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The Congress Working Committee (CWC) is due to hold a meeting on Monday to review the party’s performance in the recently concluded assembly elections in four states and the union territory of Pondicherry. Congress failed to win Assam and Kerala and failed in West Bengal.
In Tamil Nadu, it was the junior partner of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), led by the Stalinist MP, who won the elections and formed the state government. The Congress was able to win 18 of the 25 seats allocated by the DMK. In Pondicherry, where it was in power until the fall of the government before the elections, the party lost to the NR Congress-BJP-AIADMK alliance.
In Assam, the big old party lost to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) as former Congress strongman Himanta Biswa Sarma helped the BJP retain power. The Congress-led Mahajot was the main challenger to the NDA in Assam and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) of the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala.
Sonia Gandhi had lamented the party’s performance, calling them unexpectedly disappointing during a virtual meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) on Friday. Gandhi had announced the CWC’s intention to submit the results for review at their next meeting.
“Unfortunately, our own performances in all states were very disappointing and if I may say so, unexpectedly. The CWC will meet shortly to review the results,” Gandhi said on Friday.
ANI news agency reported that the current Covid-19 situation will also be discussed at the CWC meeting.
At a meeting on April 17, the party’s highest decision-making body discussed the Covid-19 situation in India. After the conclusion of the two-and-a-half-hour meeting, the CWC issued a statement accusing the Union government of “colossal mismanagement in the war against the pandemic.” On Sunday, Congress denounced Prime Minister Modi’s government over a study published by the Lancet, publicly calling for an apology and a “clear policy” to deal with Covid-19.
India reported 4,01,078 new cases of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry. The cumulative number of cases in the country has now risen to 2,18,92,676.
