Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 11: Knives are out in J&K Congress after the party’s humiliating disaster in the assembly elections of five states. Loyalists of Ghulam Nabi Azad are all prepared to step up attack on Pradesh Congress Committee chief Ghulam Ahmed Mir.
Before the declaration of the results of the five states, leaders who owe their allegiance with Ghulam Nabi Azad have already boycotted official functions organized in connection with the visit of the AICC general secretary incharge of J&K Rajni Patil.
Highly placed sources after the declaration of the results of five states, Azad has given a message to its loyalists in J&K to step up attacks on G A Mir. “Very soon we will sit together and formulate a strategy for future course of action”, one of Azad loyalists told The Early Times, adding, “We will not attend any official function in future also”.
Wishing anonymity, the Azad loyalist said that the next course of action will be announced after watching development at the national level as G-23 leaders are likely to meet soon.
As per media reports, already G-23 leaders have stepped up attacks on Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the party bites the dust in five states. The Congress, which was defending 110 assembly segments across Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand; Goa, Manipur, and Punjab has managed to retain less than half winning only 54 constituencies.
Former Congress leader and former law minister Ashwani Kumar who recently quit the party saying it had lost touch with the ground, said, “The Punjab results signal the endgame for the Congress as the natural party of governance. An alternative narrative is emerging with AAP and the TMC as its principal engines even as a ragtag Congress pretends to be relevant”.
“Time for regrets is over, we need answers,” said a report quoting a Congress veteran noting that those who took decisions need to take responsibility too. Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi called for rewiring and revamp of the Congress after it scored a duck, while party spokesperson Randeep Surjewala vowed introspection noting that Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Goa outcomes were far below expectations. |
