Congress Shows Door To 5 State Chiefs After Poll Humiliation.

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has sought the resignations of the five PCC (Pradesh Congress Committee) chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur after suffering resounding defeats in these states.

“Congress President, Smt. Sonia Gandhi has asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa & Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate reorganisation of PCC’s,” Congress general secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala wrote on Twitter.

The move comes after a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) was held in New Delhi to discuss the party’s performance in the recently-concluded assembly polls. The CWC had authorised Sonia Gandhi to make comprehensive changes in the party structure at the state and national levels.

Among those who have been asked to tender their resignation to Sonia Gandhi is Navjot Singh Sidhu. Appointed the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief in July of last year, the cricketer-turned-politician engaged in a bitter tussle with the then Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh.

Sidhu then locked horns with Charanjit Singh Channi, Captain Amarinder Singh’s successor and Congress party’s chief ministerial face in Punjab. As a result of this infighting, Congress was reduced to 18 seats in the Punjab assembly polls.