Sister Priyanka lauds Rahul, Says 'Few Have Courage That You Do, Deepest Respect For Your Decision'

This comes after Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday publicly announced his resignation as Congress president, taking responsibility for the Lok Sabha polls debacle, and called for "hard decisions" to rebuild the party and making people accountable for the "failure" of 2019.

New Delhi: Soon after Rahul Gandhi publicly announced his resignation from the post of Congress President, sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra lauded his action on Thursday morning via Twitter post. “Few have the courage that you do @rahulgandhi. Deepest respect for your decision” Priyanka tweeted. This comes after Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday publicly announced his resignation as Congress president, taking responsibility for the Lok Sabha polls debacle, and called for "hard decisions" to rebuild the party and making people accountable for the "failure" of 2019.

Few have the courage that you do @rahulgandhi. Deepest respect for your decision. https://t.co/dh5JMSB63P

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) July 4, 2019

In a four-page open letter, Gandhi also urged the Congress Working Committee (CWC) to entrust a group of people with the task of finding a new president as it would not be proper for him to do so.  The 49-year-old leader -who has been adamant on his decision to quit as party president since May 25, two days after the results in which his party won 52 seats - also stressed on the need for the Congress to "radically transform itself".

It is an honour for me to serve the Congress Party, whose values and ideals have served as the lifeblood of our beautiful nation.

I owe the country and my organisation a debt of tremendous gratitude and love. Jai Hind ???????? pic.twitter.com/WWGYt5YG4V — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) July 3, 2019

In a letter that was emotive in places and combative in others, he said he owed the country and his party a debt of tremendous gratitude and love, but maintained that at times he stood "completely alone" in his fight against the Prime Minister and the RSS. "As President of the Congress Party, I am responsible for the loss of the 2019 election. Accountability is critical for the future growth of our party. It is for this reason that I have resigned as Congress President," he said, rejecting pleas by senior party leaders to continue as the chief of the grand old party. "Rebuilding the party requires hard decisions and numerous people will have to be made accountable for the failure of 2019. It would be unjust to hold others accountable but ignore my own responsibility as President of the party," he said in the letter posted on the Twitter. In his Twitter account, Gandhi's designation as "President" of Congress was also changed to "Member of Congress and Member of Parliament". Today's public announcement by Gandhi, putting an end to 'will he or will he not', is seen by many political commentators as yet another blow to the crisis-ridden Congress, which is caught in a phase of uncertainty over the issue of leadership.