At the meeting which was held to contemplate on the reasons behind Congress’ debacle, Gandhi offered his resignation as the party chief, which was rejected by the CWC.
As per sources, the meet saw an angry Rahul, lashing out at senior leaders for pushing for tickets to their sons. He blamed Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, and Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath for insisting tickets for their sons, even when he was opposed to the idea. He also mentioned veteran leader P Chidamabaram in this contest.
Rahul’s outburst came after Jyotiraditya Scindia pointed out that local leadership of the party needs to be strengthened. Snapping at this Gandhi said: “Shall be strengthen local leadership in states so that the CMs can pressurize the party for giving tickets to their sons?”
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot’s son Vaibhav Gehlot contested the parliamentary polls from Jodhpur and was defeated, while Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath and Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidamabaram registered victory from Chhindwara and Sivaganga constituencies respectively.
Gehlot and Chidambaram are the members of the CWC and Kamal Nath was also supposed to attend te meet but he ddidnt appear due to some reasons.
As per sources, Rahul also reprimanded the leaders for lack of forcefulness on the Rafale issue. In the end, Rahul accepted the responsibility of the party’s defeat and offered to resign but his offer was unanimously rejected by the leaders amid dramatic scenes. However, sources said that Rahul is still adamant on his resignation.