Haryana Assembly Election Result: How did Congress lose in Haryana assembly elections? Know what Rahul Gandhi said in the review meeting

After the defeat in Haryana elections, there is a stir in Congress. Big leaders are accused of putting their own benefits above the party. Rahul Gandhi has also targeted senior leaders. Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge called a meeting on Thursday to discuss the reasons for the defeat. Many big leaders including Rahul Gandhi attended this meeting.

Curated by Manjari Chaturvedi | Edited by Anuj Srivastava

• After losing Haryana elections, Congress called a meeting of senior leaders
• Rahul Gandhi said in the meeting that senior leaders of the party put personal interests above personal interests
• Congress will form a committee to review the reasons for the defeat in the elections

New Delhi: After the defeat in Haryana, brainstorming and dissection has started within the Congress regarding the defeat. One of the many reasons for the defeat from within the party came to light that senior leaders there put personal interests above party interests. In fact, on Thursday, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge had called a meeting of senior leaders, in which all those leaders including the state in-charge were called, who were given different responsibilities by the top leadership during the elections. These included senior observers as well. Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi was also present in the meeting held at Kharge’s official residence on Wednesday.

According to sources, when the topic of defeat came up in the meeting, Rahul, while speaking on the defeat, made a strong comment on the senior leaders of the party, saying that many leaders there gave more importance to personal interests than party interests. At the same time, it is said that Rahul Gandhi is unhappy with the process of ticket distribution and the way of campaigning. However, he did not interfere much in this. It is being said that complaints were also reaching him continuously. During the meeting, Rahul Gandhi said that the leaders put personal interests above personal interests in the elections.

Rahul Gandhi is very angry with the defeat

At the same time, according to an important source, Rahul is said to be very angry about this defeat. He believes that the reasons for the defeat should be investigated. It was decided in the meeting that a committee would be formed to review the reasons for the defeat. The committee will meet the workers and leaders on the ground and take their feedback and submit its report directly to the high command. It was also agreed in the meeting that how to take forward the complaints of serious irregularities in EVMs that have come to the fore, it was also discussed. The committee to be formed to review the defeat will talk to the candidates about this. It is worth mentioning that the Congress had complained to the Election Commission about EVMs that it won in those EVM machines whose battery was 90% or more charged, while Congress won on EVM machines with 70-80% charge.

The high command took feedback

Congress organization general secretary KC Venugopal, former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, treasurer Ajay Maken were present in the meeting, while the state in-charge Deepak Bavariya, who is recovering, joined the meeting through video call. While no leader from Haryana was called. The high command thought it better to take feedback from the officials sent there. Sources said that the Congress high command will soon meet the senior leaders of Haryana. Discussions will be held in the coming time with Bhupendra Singh Hooda, state president Udaybhan, Kumari Selja and Randeep Surjewala and other leaders. Actually, the internal factionalism and tussle between these senior leaders is also being considered responsible for this defeat in Haryana.

After the meeting, Maken told the media that the election results of Haryana were reviewed in this meeting. You people (media) must also agree that the results were unexpected. There was a huge difference between the exit polls and the actual results. He told that the different reasons for the defeat were discussed. Maken said that information about the further steps will be given later. Maken admitted to the media that internal factionalism was also discussed in the Thursday meeting. He said that how can exit polls, surveys, other reports etc. be denied. Today’s meeting was short, so the discussion is not over yet. All aspects will be discussed in detail in the coming time.

Courtesy: Hindi News