Lok Sabha Election 2024, Phase 1: Voting on 102 seats underway
In the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024, as many as 102 constituencies spanning across 21 states and Union Territories will elect their new MPs.
After a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, top Congress leaders will deliberate on party losses at a meeting of the Congress Working Committee slated on Saturday. Party chief Rahul Gandhi is likely to offer his resignation at the CWC meeting.
According to sources, the party has convened a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the party, at 11 am on Saturday.
Rahul Gandhi is likely to offer his resignation at the meet, party sources said.
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The top Congress leadership will deliberate on the reasons of the humiliating loss in Lok Sabha elections and assess them. The party suffered a loss for the second time in a row at the hands of the Narendra Modi led BJP.
The party bagged only 52 seats in this election.
Top party leaders, including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are expected to attend the meeting.
There have already been voices within to introspect on why the party failed to reach out to the people.
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