Congress presidents of five states told to resign; Uttarakhand chief Ganesh Godiyal puts in papers

After this order, Uttarakhand Congress president Ganesh Godiyal immediately resigned from the post.

The Assembly election results in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab were declared after counting of the votes on March 10. The BJP secured a majority in Uttar Pradesh, Manipur and Uttarakhand. In Punjab, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) swept the polls.

In a statement following the CWC meeting, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal said corrective measures decided at the meeting would be swiftly implemented. "Congress president will immediately take up corrective measures to revamp, re-strengthen organisation," he said. Also read | Punjab lifts all Covid-19 restrictions Currently, Ajay Kumar Lallu is the president of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee. Navjot Singh Sidhu is the president of the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. Further, Nameirakpam Loken Singh holds the responsibility of the president of the Manipur Congress. Ganesh Godiyal is the Congress chief of Uttarakhand, who has already resigned. Meanwhile, Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar resigned on Tuesday taking moral responsibility for the party's defeat in the state Assembly elections. The results of the five Assembly elections came as a shock to the Congress which was hoping to do well to revive its prospects for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and to fend off the emerging challenge from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Trinamool Congress to replace it as the fulcrum of anti-BJP politics in the country. It is also learnt that Congress G23 leaders may hold a meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) in Delhi to discuss their future course of action, said sources. Apart from G23 leaders, other Congress leaders may also join the meeting. The G-23 is a group of leaders who had written a letter to party president Sonia Gandhi in August 2020 to press for internal reforms and collective leadership. The G-23 includes Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma and Kapil Sibal among others. The meeting is likely to be held tomorrow at 7 pm. The venue has not been decided yet, added sources. It will be a hybrid mode meeting with many leaders joining it virtually. After the crushing defeat in the Assembly elections, the group of 23 (G-23) leaders met at senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's Delhi residence on Friday to discuss the latest round of poll debacle for the party. The leaders held their meeting at Azad's residence even before the official announcement of the CWC meeting soon after the election results were declared. Following the poll debacle in five states, discussions and blame-game have started in the Congress. Also read | 9 seconds, 2,500 kg explosives: This is how Noida's Supertech twin towers will be demolished -PTC News